Jordan Wayne Clough's work reminds me of Noelle Mason. Her performance piece, Mise en Scene, makes the viewer complicit in inflicting pain upon the artist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2IYGLLzJ_0
Viewers can choose to press the buttons on all four walls, each of which will zap one of the artist's body parts. She's inside the structure and can only be seen on the video screens. It's really interesting how people interact with the piece. In an artist talk, Mason said viewers tend to be curious and to initially zap away, however they eventually become worried or upset and stop. Many audience members try to communicate with her by yelling or knocking on the walls. One woman became so upset with the performance that she unplugged the entire piece.
Clough's punching performance and crate piece reminded me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg_afV7FbNo
It seems a lot like a video game with the jerky movements and bright colors. Mason's work is less about endurance and more about a futile struggle.
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This seems more explicitly involved with the audience's reaction that Jordan Wayne Long. I feel like she is playing a trick on her viewers.
ReplyDeleteLong did an almost identical piece a few years after Mason. http://vimeo.com/46555040
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