The slapstick mystics with sticks. [Performance]

Abstract

The Slapstick Mystics with Sticks was one of ten international artist commissions for Frieze Projects at the Frieze Art Fair, 15-18 October 2004, in London. The Slapstick Mystics with Sticks performance occurred unannounced at the entrance to the fair. The performance referenced the traditional mumming play - combining the slapstick and absurd word play associated with such plays with a composite of art historical and philosophical texts. As such, the authority and meaning of this language was disrupted and re-configured. The event of the performance heightened the plays own internal dynamics to create a staged confrontation within the fair. This performance is one component within an ongoing project that uses the narrative possibilities of the title as a device to enable a continuous re-interpretation and re-configuration of the work. For example, The Slapstick Mystics with Sticks is also a novella, within which the play occurs within another narrative.

Citation

The slapstick mystics with sticks. Performed on 15-18 October 2004, Frieze Art Fair, London.

• Exhibition Performance Type: Performance
• Start Date: Oct 15, 2004
• End Date: Oct 18, 2004
• Deposit Date: Jan 18, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 18, 2008
• Keywords: Installation art; Conceptual art; Contemporary art
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/111