Galleria L’Attico, Rome (1972)

Allison Kalb · Feb 14, 2020 ·

Performance Documentation
Organic Honey

Performance Documentation

Organic Honey Performance Views

Joan Jonas, Organic Honey’s Visual Telepathy, 1972. Video performance with live-feed and pre-recorded video. Performance views, Festival di musica e danza, Rome, sponsored by Galleria l’Attico/Fabio Sargentini, June 1972. Performers: Joan Jonas, Linda Patton.

Photographs by Babette Mangolte

Jonas wearing a mask and feathered headdress

Jonas holding a mirror in front of a camera

A performer sits in a chair while another crouches on the floor, looking at a video monitor

One performer stands in front of a camera while another stands in front of a mirror

A drawing of a hand is taped to the back wall and is illuminated by a light. There is a camera on a tripod pointing at the drawing.

Jonas, wearing a mask and feathered headpiece, stands on a chair next to a drawing of a hand taped to the wall. There is a light pointing at Jonas, which casts dramatic shadows, and a camera on a tripod.

Jonas, wearing a mask and feathered headpiece, kneels against a table that has a jug of water on top. Across from Jonas and the jug are two lights.

Jonas, wearing a mask and feathered headpiece, and another performer walk while carrying a jug. To the right is a blackboard and a TV monitor on a stand.

Jonas kneels below a camera on a tripod with a spoon in her right hand

Jonas kneels below a camera on a tripod with a spoon in her right hand

Jonas draws at a blackboard, to the right is a TV monitor with an image of Jonas displayed on the screen

A camerawoman stands behind a tripod while Jonas draws on a blackboard

Jonas stands in front of a camera on a tripod while holding up a mirror. In the background is a TV monitor on a table, a large mirror, and a camerawoman.

Jonas kneels below a camera and light on a tripod with various props

A camerawomen stands behind a tripod while Jonas covers her face. To the left, is a large mirror reflecting Jonas.

Jonas, wearing a mask, kneels next to a TV monitor on a table

Double exposure of Jonas putting on a mask

A strip from a 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