Peepshow Marilyn
Gentlemen Prefer Dead Blondes
Peepshow Marilyn: Gentlemen Prefer Dead Blondes is a performance by Kate Pendry. It was performed during the performance festival 2003 in Kunstbanken Hedmark Kunstsenter, among other places.
Information
(Objekt ID 25872)Object type | Production |
Produced by | |
Audience | Adults |
Language | English |
Keywords | Performance, Installation |
Duration | Approximately three hours |
Website | Kunstbanken Hedmark Kunstsenter |
Requirements to venue
Blackout | No |
More
In the performance Peepshow Marilyn: Gentlemen Prefer Dead Blondes the performance artist Kate Pendry performed live, real body modifications using her own body, staged as Marilyn Monroe in the moment of death.
16 fish hooks penetrated Pendry's skin as a dramatisation of her own and Marilyn's pain.
Peepshow Marilyn lasted approximately three hours. The music was composed especially for the production by Little Death Orchestra, with voice-work by the artist.
Source:
BIT Teatergarasjen, Oktoberdans 2002.
Contributors (3)
Name | Role |
---|---|
Kate Pendry | – Concept/Idea |
Kate Pendry | – Performer |
Kate Pendry | – Main producer |
Performance dates
October 11, 2003 14:00 – Loftet (Kunstbanken) (The Performance Festival) | Show |
October 12, 2002 – Krypten på Hordaland Kunstsenter (Oktoberdans) | Show |
Festivals (2)
The Performance Festival | October 11, 2003 |
Oktoberdans | October 12, 2002 |