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Aktive Poesie @ Ewa Partum. 1971-73
- PARTUM Ewa, Aktive Poesie, 1971-73. Ewa Partum (1945-Poland, Germany) was one of the pioneers of conceptual art in Poland and an important influence on the development of feminist performance art from the beginning. According to her motto ‘‘an act of...
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Live Concert @ Elena Kovylina. 2004. Salzbourg
- KOVYLINA Elena, Live Concert, 7-07-2004, Salzburg, Austria. Being naked I lie on a piano in the center of Mozart Square, Salzburg, Austria. At the same time a musician plays Mozart’s sonatas just at this piano. In the end of the performance I get flowers...
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Ohyra @ Klara Lidén. 2007
- LIDÉN Klara, Ohyra, 2007. Klara Lidén (1979, Sweden) works are multidisciplinary. She uses video, installations and photography to involve the spectator in a subtle reflection on the connection between body and space. Thanks to her architectural trainin,...
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Muscle Performance @ Barbara Lubliner. 2007
- LUBLINER Barbara, Muscle Performance, 2007. Celebrating strong women. Celebrating feminist pioneers and the women continuing the work. In exercise gear, chantin. ‘It’s power, its power, its power for the flower! Work it! Work it! Work it! We can do...
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Paralized @ Klara Lidén. 2003
- LIDÉN Klara, Paralyzed, 2003. Klara Lidén (1979, Sweden) works are multidisciplinary. She uses video, installations and photography to involve the spectator in a subtle reflection on the connection between body and space. Thanks to her architectural...
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Para la superficie @ Maria Adela Diaz. 1999
- DIAZ Maria Adela, Para la Superficie/For the Surface, 1999. Performance, intervention. Duration: 1 hour. Historic Center Festival and the Commission of Urban Art, Central Park, Guatemala, 1999. Typing poems inside a sewer, moored the poems on ropes...
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Sommerpause @ Anne Jud. 1980
- JUD Anne, Sommerpause, 1980. Anne Jud (1953, Switzerland, Germany, USA) is an object and action artist. Her hallmark is the one dollar ($1) bill, which she consistently uses in objects and design pieces since the 1970s. After founding the Galerie am...
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Alegoria de la Realidad @ Maria Adela Diaz. 2000
- DIAZ Maria Adela, Alegoria de la Realidad/Allegory of Reality, 2000. Performance/Public intervention. Giving birth to a live doves during the peace celebration day. Central Park, Guatemala city, 2000. photo: José Osorio. The peace symbol intervening,...
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Conexion Umbilical @ Maria Adela Diaz. 2005
- DIAZ Maria Adela, Conexion Umbilical/Umbilical Connection, 2005. Video Performance. Duration: 1 hour. Mother and I sewing a dress with the same cord and with our eyes covered. Los Angeles, California, 2005, photo: Todd Berrien. A mother and daughter...
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Party for Freedom-Monkey Bum Factory @ Oreet Ashery. 2011
- ASHERY Oreet, Party for Freedom-Monkey Bum Factory, Le Transpalette. Centre d’art Contemporain, Bourges. Monkey Bum Factory was made as a response to the text ‘Immune’ by Beatriz Preciado. The work was planned during a period of research for Party for...
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Titta von Tesa @ Jakob Lena Knebl. 2010
- KNEBL Jakob Lena, Titta von Tesa, 2010. Jakob Lena Knebl (1970, Austria) works in the field of performance art and photography utilizing her own body as her primary medium. ‘‘The idea of a binary gender system started to become an ever-growing theme...
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Me series @ Ghazel. 1997-2008
- GHAZEL, Me series, 1997-2008. Dans Me, série d’autoportraits vidéo tragico-burlesques, Ghazel se filme dans de courtes séquences, toujours vêtue d’un tchador. Le tissu noir, représentation métonymique de la femme iranienne, devient progressivement un...
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100 vs. 100 @ Patrycja German. 2006
- GERMAN Patrycja, 100 vs. 100, 2006. This full-body combat shows a naked woman and a naked man, each weighing 100 kilos and dressed in the same black shorts contrasting with their pink flesh. In profile to the camera, the bodies charge at each other...
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Blossom @ Maria Adela Diaz. 2008
- DIAZ Maria Adela, Blossom, 2008. Video Performance. Video: single-channel digital video. Photo: Digital C-prints, 16’’x20’’, Californa. Photo: Miguel Morales. Blossom is defined by the period of greatest prosperity or productivity which evolves through...
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80 vs. 3 @ Patrycja German. 2006
- GERMAN Patrycja, 80 vs. 3, 2006. Patrycja German (1979, Poland) uses video, installation, photography and performance to reflect on the forms of representation of the female body. Her actions question the roles of gender and typical gender behaviours....
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The Mythic Being @ Adrian Piper. 1973
- PIPER Adrian, The Mythic Being, 1973. Adrian Piper (1948, USA, Germany) is a first-generation Conceptual artist who started exhibiting her work internationally at the age of twenty. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 1969. She also studied...
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Blood Certified @ Boryana Rossa & Oleg Mavromatti. 2009
- ROSSA Boryana & MAVROMATTI Oleg, Blood Certified, 2009. Performed at: performance in Crisis, Exit Art, NYC. We print $1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 notes using stencils and our blood as ink and sell them to the audience for the price indicated on the note....
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La voz humana @ Maria Ruido. 1997
- RIUDO Maria, La Voz Humana, 1997. An artist, filmmaker, researcher and cultural producer, Maria Ruido (1967, Spain) has been working on interdisciplinary media projects since 1996. Along with her artistic work, she developed on investigation of the...
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Power @ Mariuccia Pisani. 2008
- PISANI Mariuccia, Power, 2008. Mariuccia Pisani (1973, USA) lives and works in Pescara, Italy, and New York. Her works encompasses performances, installations, photography and video and frequently originate in an autobiographical background. The artist...
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Feed Me @ Barbara Smith. 1973. MOCA
- SMITH Barbara, Feed Me, 1973. San Francisco. Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, Ca. Performed in the MOCA series, All Night Sculptures. Smith created a boudoir environment and invited individuals one at a time to enter and interact with the artist....
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Portable Park No. 2 @ Bonnie Sherk. 1970
- SHERK Bonny Ora, Portable Parks, 1970. Since the early 1970s, Bonnie Ora Sherk (USA) has been creating participatory artworks in public spaces which deal with environmental and ecological issues. Starting sith her installations by the sides of major...
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I am not half the man I used to be @ Stefanie Seibold. 2005
- SEIBOLD Stefanie, I am not half the man I used to be , 2005. Stefanie Seibold (1967, Germany, Austria) works with performances, videos, collages, sounds and video installations. Her interest lies primarily in gestures and signs that constitute sexual...
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Temporary Body @ Božena Končić Badurina. 2006
- BADURINA Božena Končić , Temporary Body, 2006, performance Gliptoteka, Zagreb, photo: Željko Badurina. At the opening of a sculpture triennial, Božena Končić Badurina’s performance functioned as a mimicry of the exhibition environment: entirely wrapped...
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Public Lunch @ Bonnie Sherk. 1971. San Francisco Zoo
- SHERK Bonnie, Public Lunch, 1971 (action) Lion House. San Francisco Zoo. Sherk sat alone in a cage at feeding time at the Lion House and ate a formal public lunch from Vanessi’s Restaurant. « Untitled », Unpublished documentation for Public Lunch, written...
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Nausea @ Sandra Sterle. 2006
- STERLE Sandra, Nausea. 2008, performance DOPUST Days of Open Performance, Split. Photo: Toni Meštrović. In her live performance Nausea, Sandra Sterle deliberately vomits to the tune of a song by Mišo Kovač ‘‘Dalmatinac nosi lančić oko vrata’’ (‘‘A Dalmatian...