Tatsumi Orimoto
Live In translation
10TH JULY - 18TH SEPTEMBER 2010
Orimoto has attracted a cult status and more recently international acclaim for his comical and tender performances
His work encompasses photography, video, drawing and performance. From his emergence from the Fluxus movement in 1970's New York to his present profile, Orimoto is one of the world's most recognised artists working in the field of performance.
He is now best known for the creation of the persona Breadman, in which his head is obscured behind a tangle of loaves and twine. He will create a Breadman perfromance on the opening day of the exhibition.
The focus of this exhibition is the work made in partnership with his mother, Art Mama, who he has nursed full-time since she developed Alzheimer's. The dadaist humour is far from making fun of Art Mama, and is not only a method of slowing down the progress of her disease, but also of making the disabilities of elderly people visible.
Orimoto is one of a small number of artists engaged in performance that have consistently used the photograpic medium, not as a mere trace of a work but as its physical context.
Live in Translation has been curated by, and will show concurrently at, A Foundation, Liverpool. www.afoundation.org.uk.
Tatsumi Orimoto is represented by DNA, Berlin. www.dna-galerie.de.
Breadman Performance
Saturday 10th July, 11am FREE
Tatsumi Orimoto, as Breadman, will dress a dozen assistants with loaves of bread bound with twine around their heads. Starting at The Exchange, the Breadman will lead a tour of tourist sites through the centre of Penzance, stopping for photo opportunities and offering bread to the public.
Tatsumi Orimoto performance "Bread Man" Berlin, 2007
Photo: Daniela Haug, courtesy: the artist & DNA, Berlin
Fluxus Now? Symposium and Performance
Friday 3rd September, evening - keynote speech and performances
Saturday 4th September, daytime - speakers and performance lectures.
Saturday 4th September, evening - Fluxus Feast and performances
Two-day event presenting live art performances with speakers and panel discussion, looking at the legacy and ongoing influence of this international art movement in the 1970's.
Full details in mid-July. Curated by the Exchange and Art Surgery. www.artsurgery.org