Draw a straight line / Zen for Mouth (performance exaggerating my Occidental/ Oriental Features)
Tokyo Kezai University, Tokyo 2005 /
Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles 2004

For this performance, calligraphy is written with a beef tongue dipped in used motor oil, performed as identically as possible, first in Los Angeles (2004), then in Tokyo (2005). This is the first of three performances based on LaMonte Young’s Compositions 1960 Series.

1-7: performance documentations


photos: Christine Nguyen, Matt Lipps
video:   Ye Rin Mok

 

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