Description
These three reels of unedited video footage document the rehearsal and performance of Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll (1972) at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, in January 1973. This footage is part of Jonas’s personal archive. Jonas used excerpts from this footage in the single-channel video Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll (1973–99). These reels were shown as part of the Organic Honey Archive installation at MUMOK, Vienna, in 2005.
Reel 3
Joan Jonas, Organic Honey, Reel 3, 1973. Unedited video footage, black and white, sound, 19:00 min. Includes close-up stationary shots and pans across the performance area, with endless drawings, a photograph of Jonas’s dog Sappho, and other photographs; Jonas is shown holding up and moving in relation to images, in front of a mirror, in costume, and bellydancing. Camera: Joyce Nereaux. Source: Joan Jonas Studio.
Reel 12
Joan Jonas, Organic Honey, Reel 12, 1973. Unedited video footage, black and white, sound, 18:00 min. Includes documentation of rehearsal at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; Vertical Roll section followed by Duet with Jonas howling. Camera: Joyce Nereaux. Source: Joan Jonas Studio.
Reel 15
Joan Jonas, Organic Honey, Reel 15, 1973. Unedited video footage, black and white, sound, 31:00 min. Includes documentation of performance at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; starts with Mirror Check leading up to the end of the performance where Jonas spins around with her arms raised in front of the monitor in silence. Camera: Joyce Nereaux. Source: Joan Jonas Studio.