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FESTIVAL LGTB VISIBLE 08, MADRID: YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE - VERSION OF JORGE ARTAJO MURUZABAL
(Texto en castellano al final)
Yoko Ono’s "Cut Piece" was one of the performances I did on June 11, 2008 at El Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid as part of the opening ceremony of VISIBLE : The LGBT Culture Festival, created and curated by Pablo Peinado.
Yoko Ono has performed “Cut Piece” several times from 1964 in Kyoto and Tokyo until 2003 in Paris. She has said that “Cut Piece” is her hope for World Peace and her stand against ageism, against racism, against sexism, and against violence.
This time I wanted to perform “Cut Piece” for Gay Human Rights and I wanted it to be a kind of Memorial to the ones that were repressed, oppressed, killed or executed in history in the whole world because of their sexual orientation.
In the wedding dress that I wear there are written the names of many that suffered that violence, so I asked the audience to cut and keep those names as a way of protection and love for them.
The hat I wear is not a fairy cap as some people wrongly thought. Itis the kind of pointed hood that the Spanish Inquisition put on the people to humiliate them.
The music with the video is the aria "Casta Diva" from Bellini’s "Norma". It was used in the performance along with so many other songs like Yoko Ono’s “Shiranakatta”
For more information about YOKO’S CUT PIECE I recommend you to read this essay by Kevin Concannon:
imaginepeace.com/archives/2680
Jorge Artajo Muruzabal
Contact: wanderwatersworks@gmail.com
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"CUT PIECE" de Yoko Ono fue una de las performances que realicé en el Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid el 11 de junio de 2008 como parte del acto de apertura del Festival de cultura LGTB VISIBLE que dirige Pablo Peinado.
Realizada por Yoko Ono, la obra ha simbolizado la entrega total del artista, pero también la violencia sufrida por mujeres, ancianos y homosexuales. En esta ocasión quise que esta pieza ayudara a recordar e hiciera revivir a todas las personas represaliadas, asesinadas o ejecutadas a lo largo de la historia en todo el mundo debido a su orientación sexual.
En el vestido de novia que llevaba estaban escritos sus nombres y pedí a los asistentes que los recortaran y se los llevaran como una forma de protección y muestra de amor hacia toda persona discriminada.
El gorro que llevo no es un gorro de hada como alguna gente interpretó, sino que representa el "capirote" que se ponía a los condenados por la Inquisición.
La música que acompaña el video es el aria “Casta Diva” de la ópera “Norma” de Bellini.
Jorge Artajo
Contacto: wanderwatersworks@gmail.com
FESTIVAL LGTB VISIBLE 08, MADRID: YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE - VERSION OF JORGE ARTAJO MURUZABAL
(Texto en castellano al final)
Yoko Ono’s "Cut Piece" was one of the performances I did on June 11, 2008 at El Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid as part of the opening ceremony of VISIBLE : The LGBT Culture Festival, created and curated by Pablo Peinado.
Yoko Ono has performed “Cut Piece” several times from 1964 in Kyoto and Tokyo until 2003 in Paris. She has said that “Cut Piece” is her hope for World Peace and her stand against ageism, against racism, against sexism, and against violence.
This time I wanted to perform “Cut Piece” for Gay Human Rights and I wanted it to be a kind of Memorial to the ones that were repressed, oppressed, killed or executed in history in the whole world because of their sexual orientation.
In the wedding dress that I wear there are written the names of many that suffered that violence, so I asked the audience to cut and keep those names as a way of protection and love for them.
The hat I wear is not a fairy cap as some people wrongly thought. Itis the kind of pointed hood that the Spanish Inquisition put on the people to humiliate them.
The music with the video is the aria "Casta Diva" from Bellini’s "Norma". It was used in the performance along with so many other songs like Yoko Ono’s “Shiranakatta”
For more information about YOKO’S CUT PIECE I recommend you to read this essay by Kevin Concannon:
imaginepeace.com/archives/2680
Jorge Artajo Muruzabal
Contact: wanderwatersworks@gmail.com
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"CUT PIECE" de Yoko Ono fue una de las performances que realicé en el Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid el 11 de junio de 2008 como parte del acto de apertura del Festival de cultura LGTB VISIBLE que dirige Pablo Peinado.
Realizada por Yoko Ono, la obra ha simbolizado la entrega total del artista, pero también la violencia sufrida por mujeres, ancianos y homosexuales. En esta ocasión quise que esta pieza ayudara a recordar e hiciera revivir a todas las personas represaliadas, asesinadas o ejecutadas a lo largo de la historia en todo el mundo debido a su orientación sexual.
En el vestido de novia que llevaba estaban escritos sus nombres y pedí a los asistentes que los recortaran y se los llevaran como una forma de protección y muestra de amor hacia toda persona discriminada.
El gorro que llevo no es un gorro de hada como alguna gente interpretó, sino que representa el "capirote" que se ponía a los condenados por la Inquisición.
La música que acompaña el video es el aria “Casta Diva” de la ópera “Norma” de Bellini.
Jorge Artajo
Contacto: wanderwatersworks@gmail.com