Performance Art with Condiments

Started by Aether, September 12, 2023, 03:17:40 AM

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Aether

Recently my harsh noise duo Aether performed a set where, after doing our typical junk metal smashing, we took off our clothes and covered ourselves with various foodstuffs, including mustard, ketchup, mayo, honey, jam, whip cream, etc. During this part of the show, a backing track played narrations of an excerpt from David Novak's book "Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation". Watch the full video here:

post-morten

Really nice aktion in the good old food splatter tradition! You had me seriously worried there for a while, when the female half was slipping around in mayo wielding a machete. Hope you didn't have to tidy up the place post performance, or that the cleaning bill got sent your way. I remember back in 2002 when we had to mop the floor of the performance space at the dead of night for two consecutive weekends. First Coil (or really Massimo & Pierce) then IRM used fake blood as part of the theatrics. The not so glamorous flipside of organising events.