JEW / Living Art *
_public interventions (films)
* 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.
This work parodies and challenges anti-Semitic stereotypes by using hunting symbols to address social persecution. The Star of David is worn on the chest, but is obscured by the “Mercedes car crash wig” (also seen on UGLY GIRL FASHION). In addition to a corset made from a dressmaker’s dummy, this work includes a gas mask, with an exhaust pipe and tusks attached to it, and an elephant foot and a bull hoof, attached to a pair of shoes. Jew uses crutches as a balancing device.
Because Jew is less overtly sexual than other works in Cohen’s œuvre, the public response was closer to curiosity and warmth.
© John Hodgkiss
JEW WALK FOR WILDLIFE
JEW GREATER JHB BIG WALK ZOO
Single Channel HD Video
Filmed by John Hodgkiss
7 & 21 juin 1998
Extraits vidéos sur la version “bureau” du site
Single Channel HD Video
Filmed by John Hodgkiss
7 & 21 juin 1998
JEW – ROSEBANK MALL
JEW – BREE STREET TAXI RANK
Single Channel HD Video
Filmed by Trevor Brasel & Stephen Hobbs
11 & 12 juin 1998
Extraits vidéos sur la version “bureau” du site
Single Channel HD Video
Filmed by Trevor Brasel & Stephen Hobbs
11 & 12 juin 1998
JEW AND PIG
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 30
Extraits vidéos sur la version “bureau” du site
Original format : color video / 4:3
Filmé par Janine Tilley & Belinda Blignaut
Single Channel HD Video
juillet 1998
1 min 30
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