This week in my Performance & Performativity seminar we discussed the work of Vito Acconci. This work Theme Song struck me the most.
- Initially I felt there was an essence of humour in the work
- Drunken Act/Dazed/Confusion
- Recites lines from songs in a vulnerable yet perverse manner
- Fixed Gaze
- Issues of Power within the work
- "Come in Here"
- Physicality of the Body/Sculptural Element
- Foetal Positioning
How is the work read?
One performance is not universal with regard to Gender/Race/Setting
We were then introduced to Paul McCarthy & Mike Kelly's collaborate work Flesh Acconci
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