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March 02, 2004

Yoko Ono - Film No. 4 (Bottoms)

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)- - The Rare Films of Yoko Ono: New York 65-66 Fluxus Films London 66-67

Rare bums indeed. 365 in fact. 365 bottoms shot in loving close-ups for 15 seconds, one after the other. Now that's high concept. We only lasted about 30 minutes into Film No. 4 before my friends gave up on "beautiful bottoms". The soundtrack is made up of people being interviewed about their relationship to the work. Yoko herself comments that "despite a lot of attention in other forms of art now there is no audience participation in film. You've got this aristocratic medium."

I found No. 4 far more watchable then "Wrapping Piece" which consisted of fly-on-the-wall camera shots of Trafaulgar Square where Nelson's lions have been wrapped in white cloth.

"Cut Piece" is probably Ono's most famous film. She sits on a bare stage while audience members come forth to cut her clothes off piece-by-piece with a pair of scissors. A fantastic set-up where the audience is drawn into the action.

Last line has to go to the guy in No. 4 who says "it's just a statement of the obvious". I guess that's the point. *yawn*

Posted by .M. at March 2, 2004 10:40 PM

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