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WHY LET THE CHICKEN RUN? Hommage to Ana Mendieta

Performance

2001

 

A reference to the 1972 work entitled “Death of the chicken” in which the Cuban feminist Ana Mendieta (1945-1985) killed a white chicken in order to speak of her exile from her homeland and culture. This homage nonetheless clearly marks the Indonesian artist’s different approach to the same theme, as Suryodarmo lets the black rooster loose among the audience, chases and catches him again.

 

Eine Hommage an die Arbeit “Death of the chicken” von 1972, in der die kubanische Feministin Ana Mendieta (1945-1985) ein weißes Huhn tötete, um von ihrem Exil, ihrer Heimat und Kultur zu sprechen. Diese Ehrerbietung kennzeichnet klar die andersartige Annäherung der indonesischen Künstlerin an das gleichen Thema, indem Suryodarmo den schwarzen Hahn zwischen dem Publikum frei herumlaufen läßt, ihn jagt und wieder einfängt.

Duration: 15 minutes
Material: one big healthy black rooster

Why let the chicken run? Kunst Werke, Berlin 2001

Photo: Roland P. Runge

 
© 2006 Melati SURYODARMO