Concept Art On Show In London 1966

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Unissued / Unused material -

London

VS Concept artist Yoko Ono seated on rostrum and fellow artist slowly cuts her clothing away while she sits motionless. He cuts down to her underclothes.

VS of Yoko and her colleague climbing into a large black sack on their stage. They...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
89952
Sort Number:
UN 4178 B
Time in/Out:
01:53:26:00 / 01:57:08:00
Canister:
UN 4178 B
Film ID:
3214.20
Issue Date:
1966

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  • The first part of this clip shows one of Yoko Ono's live artwork performances that she called "Cut Piece".

    The "fellow artist" referred to is Anthony Cox, Yoko Ono's former husband, (twice, in fact).

    Moving on to to the second half of the clip, the shots list says "(Apparently this is called Bag-ism)". However, the term bagism didn't originate until 1969, some three years after the filming of this clip.

    Instead, what we're seeing here is a performance of another of Ono's live artworks called "Bag Piece".

    jamied 26th Jun 2012

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