“The first ‘happening’ I created was called THE SMILING WORKMAN; I did it at Judson Church. I had a frame built there. It was a three-part structure with two sides and a frame. There was a table with three paint cans and two brushes, and the canvas was painted white. I approached it with a work lamp on me. I was all in red with a big black mouth: my whole face and head were red, and I was wearing a red jumpsuit that went all the way to the floor. I painted in orange and blue: “I love what I’m doing.” When I got to “What I’m doing,” it happened very quickly; I grabbed a paint can and drank its contents, then I poured the contents of the other one over my head, very quickly, and I literally plunged into the canvas. Then the lights went out. It was an intense thirty-second moment. (...). I didn’t think it was funny. What I was doing didn’t have the characteristics of a humorous situation. It might have been amusing to watch, but I don’t think obsession is funny, any more than the need to interrupt someone’s intensity. It took the form of a blackout or a vaudeville act. That was the nature of the medium; it wasn’t the intention.” Jim Dine.
1 PRINT IN DISTRIBUTION
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distribution format |
Digital file on server (2K) |
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screen |
1,33 (single screen) |
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speed |
24 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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rental fee |
29,00 € |
