Ken Little/Yoko Ono Performance recap.
Posted by justin on 20 Nov 2007 at 01:07 am | Tagged as: adventure day, art paparazzi, in yo face, possibilities, responses/reviews, silliness
Heres a little recap of the Ken Little performance of Yoko’s “Cut Piece.”
(all photos by Justin Parr, click here for a more extensive folder of images)
(If you took part in this performance, it would be great to get some responses to it in our overly stimulating comment section. )
1965 as the Beatles.
A little unsettling, but that’s probably Ken’s point. Effective piece.
yoko already did a remake in 2003? nuff with the remakes.
i’m starting a petition against any future public performances of ‘macbeth’ – that thing’s been done to death already.
to eltb :
Yoko / utsa downtown was looking for a person to recreate the performance to coincide with her show here in San Antonio at the University. Ken Little was a natural choice within both the utsa community/faculty and the artist community at large.
This piece is also lent quite a bit of meaning to itself through the experience. It wouldn’t seem that way, but it s hard to understand the full dynamic of it, without taking part.
the fly of Ken Little
Wierd stuff.
More of rape than art I’d say.
A lot has happened since then, beyond the hat salesmen’s decision to change their group’s name to the Headwear Association. The state decided to revitalize a stretch of Eighth Avenue, a little south of Times Square. The New York Times decided to build a new headquarters on Eighth Avenue, a little south of Times Square. Someone invoked those magical words
My beloved dwells in my heart all day,
I have actually seen that abode of joy
a tidy, marketable product