Week 3
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<Grass Field>, Alex Hay (1966)
Alex Hay collected sounds of body motions, such as brain waves and muscle and eyeball movements. Fred Waldhauer and Cecil Coker developed a mobile automatic amplification system that Hay could carry on his back. Electrodes were attached to Hay's head and body. Every time he moved with the amplification system on his back, his body movements were captured and amplified as sounds. Hay had 65 pieces of cloth, each with a number, scattered on the floor. Toward the end of the performance, Robert Rauschenberg appeared as a performer, collecting all the pieces of cloth, while Hay's face was projected onto the screen in the back of the stage.
How Much Do You Know About yourself?
How Much Do You Know About yourself?
MMCA E.A.T Exhibiton Review
People always want to know about themselves. They try to find their own character even through the superstitious Personality Types like Blood type, Zodiac sign. Especially Artist is the people who got a mission to find ego through their whole life.
When i saw this work, i felt interesting about his fear. His 'inner sound' strike him with terror, and 'outside people' listening and watching that process in real time. My sound can make me panic! It hasn't even occurred to me. Also 'the sound that I make is strange' is ironic.
Most of works in E.A.T are has interesting mechanism. I can feel sensational almost similar like what people felt at that time. But the realm of concept, Alex Hay's Grass Field is most inspired work to me.
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