Thursday, February 1, 2007

I'm so excited for Monday's performance. Hahaha... I really can't wait.

On the Do it Yourself website... I found a bunch of ones that I liked alot...

One, entitled "The possibilities of trust as a sculpture and the question of value for each participant" by Ben Kinmont, simply says "Invite a stranger into your home for breakfast," which I think would be terribly awkward. It's definitely an interesting idea for a performance, with a variety of uninteresting as well as possibly dangerous results.

But one that I really enjoyed was Shere Hite's "Untitled" where he instructs...
"Embrace an important friend in a full-length hug for 31 minutes.

Contact should be frontal, body to body, full length, with legs, chests, pelvises and heads touching.
Speak a maximum of twenty words each to each other. Do not proceed to other activities or to " sex."The room should be silent, without music.
Alternately, videotape your embrace. There should not be a third party present videotaping; the camera should be set on a tripod with no operator.
After, write your sensations on a large paper or blackboard. Read them out loud.
Name the activity you have just engaged in, using just one word. Mail this word to me..."
I think that would be quite an intense experience. After a while it would probably start to hurt, just from standing and doing nothing for so long. You would have to have quite a close connection with someone to do that, and your friendship might not even be the same afterwards!

That one reminds me of the record for the Worlds Longest Kiss. I would think after 5 minutes it wouldn't even be romantic anymore, just weird. Endurance contests like that are too much for my tastes... I'd rather have a cheeseburger.(OH! PUN!(maybe someone should punch me.))

2 comments:

Anita said...

Can't wait to see/hear what you all do!
Looking forward to it. Have you seen any pieces perfromed at Franklin Furnace?

http://www.franklinfurnace.org/

kat said...

wow, i'm excited too! going to buy materials tonight. yay!!!