Castelli Gallery, New York (1973)

Allison Kalb · Mar 11, 2020 ·

Performance Documentation
Organic Honey Performance Views
Organic Honey Video Documentation
Additional Materials

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, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, January 4–6, 1973. Performer: Joan Jonas. Camera: Babette Mangolte. Sound: Kurt Munkacsi.

Photographs by Gianfranco Gorgoni

Jonas holds a mirror while examining her naked body.

Jonas drawing on the floor in front of a camera

Photographs by Babette Mangolte

Jonas laying on the floor with her arm draped over her face

Photograph of a performer’s hand tapping a spoon against a mirror

Photograph of a performer’s hand tapping a spoon against a mirror

Photograph of a performer’s hand tapping a spoon against a mirror

Photograph of a performer’s hand tapping a spoon against a mirror

Photograph of a performer’s hand tapping a spoon against a mirror

Photograph of a performer’s hand tapping a spoon against a mirror

Photograph of a performer’s hand tapping a spoon against a mirror

Photograph of a performer’s hand tapping a spoon against a mirror

Annotated photographic contact sheet showing different views of Jonas in performance

Contact prints by Carol Mersereau

Photographic contact sheet showing different parts of Jonas’s performance

Photographic contact sheet showing different parts of Jonas’s performance

Photographic contact sheet showing different parts of Jonas’s performance

Photographic contact sheet showing different parts of Jonas’s performance

Photographs by Kazuko Oshima

Jonas sitting in a chair in front of a drawing of a dog’s head

Audience members watch the performance

Jonas wearing a mask and a peacock feather headpiece

Jonas lays on the floor looking into a jar placed in front of her. The video monitor displays an image of Jonas looking at the jar.

Jonas standing in front of a camerawoman

Video monitor and audience

Photographs by James Patrick

Jonas wears a dress and headpiece while standing in front of a camera with a video monitor to her right.

Jonas stands with her arms extended in front of a camerawoman while the audience watches from the floor.

Photographic contact sheet showing different angles of Jonas’s performance

Photographic contact sheet showing different angles of Jonas’s performance

Photographic contact sheet showing different angles of Jonas’s performance

Organic Honey Video Documentation

Joan Jonas, Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll, 1973–99. Single-channel video, black and white, sound, 15 min. Distributed by Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.

Joan Jonas, Organic Honey Unedited Video Footage, 1973.

Additional Materials

Floor Plan Project

Organic Honey Floor Plan Project by NYU Museum Studies Students (2018)

Poster

Poster with drawing by Joan Jonas for Joan Jonas, Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll (1972), Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, January 4–6, 1973.

Poster for Jonas’s performance of Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll at Leo Castelli Gallery with a drawing of a four-eyed dog. Poster text reads: “Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll (Continued). A Video Performance by Joan Jonas. Thursday, January 4 at 8:30/Friday, January 5 at 8:30/Saturday, January 6 at 6 and 9. Camera Babette Mangolte. Leo Castelli. 420 West Broadway, New York 10012.”