I can remember wanting to attend Marina Abramovic's 2005 event at the Guggenheim
Museum in NYC, but despite having witnessed 3.5 hour talks by Buckminster Fuller, 4
hour musical environments by LaMonte Young & Marian Zazeela, & 4.5 hour films by
Michael Snow, I didn't think I had the endurance for these enduring performances. Now
I'm lucky enough to gain convenient access tonight at 8 PM dans la corps de James
Smithson to a ninety minute filmic distillation of it by the ideal shooter/editor/director of
this material, Babette Mangolte.
www.seveneasypieces.com
I recommend in particular the texts about each of the performances available thru the "7
Easy Performances" option at this website as well as Babette Mangolte's articulation of
her strategies at
www.babettemangolte.com
I've already published two texts via Marina Abramovic and am planning a "writing
performance" within this film.
Barry Alpert
|