Performat, 2008
Solo show, Lucie Fontane, Milano, Italy
Performance, library, cut-outs, LP record – edition of 3
During my last trip to New York, I saw “Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution” curated by Cornelia Butler at the PS1. Amongst the pieces on view, I was inspired by Semiotics of the Kitchen (1975) by Martha Rosler, the Manifesto for Maintenance Art by Mierle Laderman Ukeles (1969) and La Roquette, Prison des Femmes, a project conceived by Nil Yalter, Judy Blum and Nicole Croiset (1974). These pieces became the starting point for Performat, a tool for re-presenting
today historical performances as collaborative, site specific pieces, with a second millennium female sense of humor. In collaboration with Lucie Fontaine, we created a new way to document Performat, alternative to 70's video or photo documentation: a vinyl LP, to be presented during the Performat Live tour.
The piece is accompanied by Wannabes: a series of Vogue cut-outs, photos that stand somewhere between a fashion session and a paparazzi snatching, offering yet another feminine role model to be questioned.