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OverviewDocumentation and testimony from Da Corte's 2020 reinvention of a classic 1960s happening In early March 2020, on the cusp of the COVID-19 shutdown, an audience gathered to witness a reinvention of Allan Kaprow’s happening, Chicken, by Philadelphia-based artist Alex Da Corte (born 1980). Performed at the site of Kaprow’s original—the Gershman Y at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia—Da Corte’s first live performance reimagined Kaprow’s chaotic event, which had been orchestrated in 1962 under the auspices of the first Pop art exhibition on the East Coast. While the focus of activity for the performers of Kaprow’s Chicken involved the hawking of live and boiled chickens and their eggs, Da Corte’s performers frantically peddled exquisite yellow orbs made from a variety of materials that represented the moon. Including sketches and reproductions of the objects and costumes constructed for Da Corte’s revision, as well as performance images, scripts, essays and personal accounts reflecting on the event’s impact and significance over the ensuing year, this publication becomes a living document of a moment in time. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alex Da Corte , Karen Kelly , Barbara Schroeder , Erica BattlePublisher: Dancing Foxes Press Imprint: Dancing Foxes Press Dimensions: Width: 19.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.80cm Weight: 0.658kg ISBN: 9781733688994ISBN 10: 1733688994 Pages: 140 Publication Date: 29 June 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsArresting, like a DIY show poster shouting its head off. * AIGA * Through its playful, fragmented format, Alex Da Corte: Chicken reflects the artists larger practice and the ungraspable nature of performance itself. -- Jennie Waldow * Brooklyn Rail * "Arresting, like a DIY show poster shouting its head off.-- ""AIGA"" Through its playful, fragmented format, Alex Da Corte: Chicken reflects the artist's larger practice and the ungraspable nature of performance itself.--Jennie Waldow ""Brooklyn Rail""" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |