FAGGOT / Living Art *
_public intervention (film)
* Living Art is a common project of Steven Cohen and Elu Kieser which consists of a series of provocative public interventions in which they use their bodies (and sometimes those of others) to create a “living art” which mixes sculpture, dance and cross-dressing . These pieces include DOG, FAGGOT, JEW and UGLY GIRL.
© John Hogg
Like UGLY GIRL, this costume comprises stockings and a corset, with the characteristic full head of make-up, and a Star of David on Cohen’s chest. In his gallery performance of Faggot, Cohen wears rollerskates and has a sparkler-bearing dildo in his anus. He also wears an acid-green wig and a bicycle helmet. The gaudy use of colours and outrageous appurtenances by way of fire and rollerSkates in Faggot gives the work a mocking tone. In the conclusive gesture of Faggot as a gallery performance, Cohen is pulled on a rope by Elu into a room filled with eggs. The image presents the persona in a situation where he is not in control of the damage he may cause.
In the same year, by way of public intervention, this work was taken to the Kilarney Mall bridal show as Penetrated virgin, where it was thwarted by security.
FAGGOT KILLARNEY MALL BRIDAL SHOW
PENETRATED VIRGIN
Images : Innocent
Single Channel HD Video
Juin 1998
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Video extracts available on the “desktop” version
Images : Innocent
Single Channel HD Video
Juin 1998
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FAGGOT
PIECES OF YOU version
DURBAN ART GALLERY
Original format : color video / 4:3
Filmé par Janine Tilley & Belinda Blignaut
Single Channel HD Video
juillet 1998
1 min
Video extracts available on the “desktop” version
Original format : color video / 4:3
Filmé par Janine Tilley & Belinda Blignaut
Single Channel HD Video
juillet 1998
1 min
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