Description
Joan Jonas, Performance (Untitled), 1979. Lezing / Videotapes / Films, de Appel, Amsterdam, January 24, 1979. Performer: Joan Jonas.
Jonas presented an untitled lecture performance for the event Lezing / Videotapes / Films (Lecture / Videotapes / Films) at de Appel, Amsterdam, in January 1979. During this lecture performance, she manipulated objects and performed other actions that were transmitted by a closed-circuit video camera to a nearby monitor. The event also included screenings of the videos Organic Honey’s Visual Telepathy (1972), Vertical Roll (1972), Left Side Right Side (1972), Good Night, Good Morning (1976), and I Want to Live in the Country (and Other Romances) (1976) and the films Wind (1968) and Songdelay (1973). Video documentation of the performance can be viewed below.
—KP
A performance by Joan Jonas, held at de Appel on January 24th, 1979. Jonas tells us a kind of fairy tale about a girl. The story is enhanced by music from a barrel organ. On the screen, we can see the perforated strips of paper used for this type of music. Jonas’ real voice is alternated with a tape-recorded version.
Bibliographic References
“Performance 1979.” LIMA, Amsterdam. https://www.li-ma.nl/lima/catalogue/art/joan-jonas/performance-1979/710
Performance Documentation
Joan Jonas, Performance (Untitled), 1979. Performance views, Lezing / Videotapes / Films, de Appel, Amsterdam, January 24, 1979.
Photographs by unknown photographer
Video documentation
Joan Jonas, Performance (Untitled) (1979), Lezing / Videotapes / Films, de Appel, Amsterdam, January 24, 1979. Video documentation. Courtesy de Appel Amsterdam, distributed by LIMA, Amsterdam.
Additional Materials
Invitation
Invitation for Lezing / Videotapes / Films, de Appel, Amsterdam, January 24, 1979.
