Kusama’s Circle:
1960s New York
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Kusama’s Circle:
1960s New York
In the 1960s, the performance-based practices of Yayoi Kusama, Charlotte Moorman, Yoko Ono, and Carolee Schneemann took centre stage in New York, an important node for the international Fluxus art movement. This programme highlights the critical role of women artists who pushed beyond traditional artistic and social boundaries in 1960s New York.
Complementing Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now, this screening features Kusama’s Self-Obliteration and Opera Sextronique by Jud Yalkut; Rare Performance Documents by Nam June Paik and Charlotte Moorman; Cut Piece by Yoko Ono; and Meat Joy and Body Collage by Carolee Schneemann.
The screening on 12 January will be followed by a post-screening talk in English with New Jersey City University Professor of Art History and Gallery Director Dr Midori Yoshimoto via video call. Yoshimoto will discuss how Kusama and her contemporaries broke taboos by utilising their own bodies in performances. The talk will be moderated by M+ Curator of Moving Image Ulanda Blair.
Jud Yalkut and Yayoi Kusama. Kusama's Self-Obliteration, 1967. Single-channel 16mm film transferred to digital video, duration: 23 min. 29 sec. Collection of the artist. © YAYOI KUSAMA
Carolee Schneemann. Meat Joy, 1964, re-edited 2010. Single-channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 10 min. 33 sec. M+, Hong Kong. © Carolee Schneemann/EAI/ARS
Carolee Schneemann. Body Collage, 1967. Single-channel 16mm film transferred to digital video (B&W, silent), duration: 4 min. 12 sec. M+, Hong Kong. © Carolee Schneemann/EAI/ARS
Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik. Rare Performance Documents, 1961–1994. Volume 1: Paik-Moorman Collaborations, 1965–1973, compiled 2000. Single-channel digital video (B&W, colour, sound), duration: 25 min. 8 sec. M+, Hong Kong. © Charlotte Moorman/EAI
Jud Yalkut. Opera Sextronique, 1967. Single-channel 16mm film transferred to digital video (B&W, colour, silent), duration: 5 min. 10 sec. M+, Hong Kong. © Jud Yalkut/EAI
Yoko Ono. Cut Piece, 1964. Photo: Minoru Niizuma, Courtesy of Lenono Photo Archive
Jud Yalkut and Yayoi Kusama. Kusama's Self-Obliteration, 1967. Single-channel 16mm film transferred to digital video, duration: 23 min. 29 sec. Collection of the artist. © YAYOI KUSAMA
Carolee Schneemann. Meat Joy, 1964, re-edited 2010. Single-channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 10 min. 33 sec. M+, Hong Kong. © Carolee Schneemann/EAI/ARS
Carolee Schneemann. Body Collage, 1967. Single-channel 16mm film transferred to digital video (B&W, silent), duration: 4 min. 12 sec. M+, Hong Kong. © Carolee Schneemann/EAI/ARS
Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik. Rare Performance Documents, 1961–1994. Volume 1: Paik-Moorman Collaborations, 1965–1973, compiled 2000. Single-channel digital video (B&W, colour, sound), duration: 25 min. 8 sec. M+, Hong Kong. © Charlotte Moorman/EAI
Jud Yalkut. Opera Sextronique, 1967. Single-channel 16mm film transferred to digital video (B&W, colour, silent), duration: 5 min. 10 sec. M+, Hong Kong. © Jud Yalkut/EAI
Yoko Ono. Cut Piece, 1964. Photo: Minoru Niizuma, Courtesy of Lenono Photo Archive
Image at top: Jud Yalkut, Yayoi Kusama. Kusama's Self-Obliteration, 1967. Single-channel 16mm film transferred to digital video, duration: 23 min. 29 sec. Collection of the artist. © YAYOI KUSAMA