Ace Gallery, Venice, California (1972)

Allison Kalb · Mar 11, 2020 ·

Performance Documentation
Organic Honey

Performance Documentation

Organic Honey Performance Views

Joan Jonas, Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll, 1972. Video performance with live-feed and pre-recorded video. Performance views, Ace Gallery, Venice, California, October 1972. Performers: Joan Jonas, Anne Thornycroft, Margaret Wilson. Camera: Roberta Neiman.

Photographs by Larry Bell

Four distorted images of the audience and three performers

Four distorted images of performers

Four distorted images of performers and audience members

Four distorted images of performers and audience members

Two distorted images of the audience and two images of performers

Distorted images of performers wearing masks

Distorted images of performers

Distorted images of performers

Two distorted images of masked performers and one naked performer

Jonas holds a mirror while examining her naked body.

Jonas holds a mirror while examining her naked body.

Jonas holds a mirror while examining her naked body.

Jonas holds a mirror while examining her naked body.

Jonas wearing a mask and feather headdress next to a drawing of a dog’s head

A performer looking up

A performer holding a mirror while performing

Jonas wearing a mask and feather headdress while holding a fan and giving a handkerchief to another performer

Jonas holding a mirror and standing next to another performer

Jonas holding a mirror and standing next to another performer

Two masked performers

Jonas drawing against the wall

Photographs by Roberta Neiman

Jonas holds a mirror while examining her naked body.

Jonas wearing a mask and feather headpiece while leaning against a table and looking into a jar of water. On the wall is a drawing of a dog's head.

Jonas wearing a mask and drawing on the floor during a performance