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Details
- Date
- 2008
- Media category
- Time-based art
- Materials used
- digital tape (HDCAM) shown as single channel digital video, colour, sound
- Dimensions
- duration: 00:09:50 min, aspect ratio: 16:9
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 408.2011
- Copyright
- © Mike Parr
- Artist information
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Mike Parr
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This video was recorded in part during a performance at the artists studio then finished off at the AGNSW. The first section consisted of a series of face sewing performances that created a somewhat cubist distortion and included a model of Madame Matisse's hat. The second half was shot at the Gallery immediately after the performances with the artist in uniform again in the same position as in ‘Major/ Minor' however on this occasion he was reading a text backwards in a sharp stoccato voice. The texts were taken from an RSL publication and reflected jingoistic and sometimes racist sentiments.
