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En Aira’s thread

Free tags: 
chaise
seringue
ficelle
Creator: 
Bruno Mendonça
Performer: 
Bruno Mendonça
Bibliographical sources: 
in Bruno Mendonça: Bibliothèques Ephémères, éd. de l'Ormaie, 2002
Occurence: 
Places: 
Starting date: 
1980
35 minutes
Topology: 
Adress: 
Le Cannet
France

film vidéo retraçant l'intégralité de la performance; n&b sonore.

Philippe de Mendonça
Synopsis / Description: 
film vidéo retraçant l'intégralité de la performance; n&b sonore.
Performances: 

Bruno Mendonça | Fil d'En Aira, 1980

Synopsis / Description: 

Capture vidéo de la performance de Bruno Mendonça à la Galerie Contre Sens, Le Cannet.

Performances: 
Objets: 

tenue d'exécution

Technique description référence: 
tenue d'exécution

masques

Technique description référence: 
masques
Documents: 

carton d'invitation

Type: 
Imprimé
Technique description référence: 
carton d'invitation
MENDON

affiche

Type: 
Imprimé
Technique description référence: 
affiche
MENDON

documents préparatoires: dessin, plan

Type: 
Manuscrit
Technique description référence: 
documents préparatoires: dessin, plan
MENDON
Description: 

On the walls of the gallery are dozens of little Rhodoid masks. A black chair is placed in the center of the gallery. Dressed in black, I begin to knock down the masks with a whip. Idols and mythologies crash to the floor like flies, once the walls are bare.

I sit on the chair and tie one end of a string to one of the bars. I then tie one of my legs to a leg of the chair. I go up to my thighs then go on to my other leg, go around my waist, then trap my left arm in the thread, continuing until my entire body is tied up.

I rock on the chair back and forth, more and more violently until I fall over. Ever an insect prisoner of a trap, I crawl to grab a mask and eat it.

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