Oy!
(Variations of one performance)
VARIATION 1/September 2010
Image #1 courtesy of Roni Mocan
Video (high resolution)
Dumbo Arts Festival
Three variations of "Oy!" three consecutive days
Over various lengths of time (i.e. 10 mins., 30 mins., 50 mins.), I place nearly fifty kippot* on my head, one after the other. I sit still for over forty minutes holding the stack of hats on my head. This action transforms me into a live sculpture, gradually altering my posture due to the hats' weight.
Other outcomes of the performance include the falling of the hats and the repeated action of stacking and re-stacking them on my head or my kneeling down on the floor to kiss each of them before picking them up.
Oy!, drawn from the yiddish expression for excitement or pain, taps into several issues regarding faith and tradition. The repetitive gesture questions the imposition of religion on an individual and the "quantity" of faith needed to survive within society. The alteration of my posture through the action comments on how the religious institution and pressures from inherited tradition may alter our live's path at times and even impose on us unnecessary emotional distress as opposed to happiness.
*plural for kipa (yarmulke or jewish religious head cover)
September 24, 25 & 26, 2010
Location: Dumbo, Brooklyn NY
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Festival de Artes en DUMBO, Nueva York
Tres variaciones de "Oy!", tres días consecutivos
Durante distintos períodos de tiempo (ejemplo, 10 mins., 30 mins. o 50 mins.), coloco alrededor de cincuenta kippot* sobre mi cabeza, una tras otra. Me siento quieta durante cuarenta minutos balanceando la torre de sombreros sobre mi cabeza. Esta acción me convierte en una escultura viva, gradualmente alterando mi postura por causa del peso de los sombreros.
Otros resultados de la propuesta incluyen la caída de las kippot y la acción repetida de acumularlas sobre mi cabeza o hincarme en el piso para besar los sombreros antes de recogerlos y volverlos a colocar sobre mi cabeza.
*plural para kipá (sombrero religioso judío)
24, 25 & 26 de Septiembre, 2010
Dumbo, Brooklyn NY
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VARIATION 2/May 2010
First Trial
Location: Hunter College, New York
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Primera version de la performance
Mayo 2010
Universidad Hunter College, Nueva York
VARIATION 1/September 2010
Image #1 courtesy of Roni Mocan
Video (high resolution)
Dumbo Arts Festival
Three variations of "Oy!" three consecutive days
Over various lengths of time (i.e. 10 mins., 30 mins., 50 mins.), I place nearly fifty kippot* on my head, one after the other. I sit still for over forty minutes holding the stack of hats on my head. This action transforms me into a live sculpture, gradually altering my posture due to the hats' weight.
Other outcomes of the performance include the falling of the hats and the repeated action of stacking and re-stacking them on my head or my kneeling down on the floor to kiss each of them before picking them up.
Oy!, drawn from the yiddish expression for excitement or pain, taps into several issues regarding faith and tradition. The repetitive gesture questions the imposition of religion on an individual and the "quantity" of faith needed to survive within society. The alteration of my posture through the action comments on how the religious institution and pressures from inherited tradition may alter our live's path at times and even impose on us unnecessary emotional distress as opposed to happiness.
*plural for kipa (yarmulke or jewish religious head cover)
September 24, 25 & 26, 2010
Location: Dumbo, Brooklyn NY
.....
Festival de Artes en DUMBO, Nueva York
Tres variaciones de "Oy!", tres días consecutivos
Durante distintos períodos de tiempo (ejemplo, 10 mins., 30 mins. o 50 mins.), coloco alrededor de cincuenta kippot* sobre mi cabeza, una tras otra. Me siento quieta durante cuarenta minutos balanceando la torre de sombreros sobre mi cabeza. Esta acción me convierte en una escultura viva, gradualmente alterando mi postura por causa del peso de los sombreros.
Otros resultados de la propuesta incluyen la caída de las kippot y la acción repetida de acumularlas sobre mi cabeza o hincarme en el piso para besar los sombreros antes de recogerlos y volverlos a colocar sobre mi cabeza.
*plural para kipá (sombrero religioso judío)
24, 25 & 26 de Septiembre, 2010
Dumbo, Brooklyn NY
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VARIATION 2/May 2010
First Trial
Location: Hunter College, New York
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Primera version de la performance
Mayo 2010
Universidad Hunter College, Nueva York