The Scents of dictatorship

Creator: 
Jean-Pierre Giovanelli
Performer: 
Jean-Pierre Giovanelli
Bibliographical sources: 
textes de Jacques Lepage sur les senteurs de la dictature
Occurence: 
Documents: 

cité in programmation de la revue Calibre 33, n°4

Type: 
Imprimé
Technique description référence: 
cité in programmation de la revue Calibre 33, n°4
Description: 
Inside the exhibit space, Jean-Pierre Giovanelli distributes 32 bags filled with tufts of hair and invites the public to throw the contents into a brazier. After a few tufts, the odor becomes unbearable.

Participants are then asked to write their first and last name on the certificate of authenticity provided with the bag and have it stamped with their fingerprints by the person seated behind a table near the setup.
Jean-Pierre Giovanelli | photographie de la performance "Les senteurs de la dictature", 1979 | © Jean-Pierre Giovanelli - ADAGP, Paris 2012 | photographie : © Gilbert Pedinielli