These works are related to Organic Honey. Jonas incorporated parts of the earlier performances Mirror Piece I and II (1969 and 1970) and Mirror Check (1970) into the Organic Honey performances. In an untitled 1979 performance at de Appel, Jonas performed actions and gestures related to Organic Honey. The video Glass Puzzle (1973) and the related installation Glass Puzzle (1974/2000) explore similar thematic material as the Organic Honey project.
Performances
Videos
Installations
Image captions
de Appel performance (1979): Joan Jonas, Untitled lecture performance, Lezing/ Videotapes / Films, de Appel, Amsterdam, 1979. Performer: Joan Jonas. Courtesy de Appel, Amsterdam.
Mirror Piece I and II (1969 and 1970): Joan Jonas, Mirror Piece I (1969), Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 1969. Photo: Joan Jonas. Published in Joan Simon and Joan Jonas, eds., In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2015), 46.
Mirror Check (1970): Joan Jonas, Mirror Check (1970) as part of Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll (1972), Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, 1972. Performer: Joan Jonas. Photo: Roberta Neiman. Source: Joan Jonas Studio.
Glass Puzzle (1973) (video): Joan Jonas, still from Glass Puzzle, 1973. Video, black and white, sound, 17:27 min. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.
Glass Puzzle (1974/2000) (installation): Joan Jonas, Glass Puzzle, 1974/2000. Installation view, Villa Merkel and Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen, Germany, 2000. Published in Joan Simon and Joan Jonas, eds., In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2015), 199.