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Performance (42 Schede)
Code FXCPH0020 1/7 Video Collective / Performance Collective
The Taste of Colour. Art, Food and Fashion
1990-1994
Series of seven colored dinners organized by Rosanna Chiessi,
Pari & Dispari, Cavriago
1. Red Dinner / Cena Rossa, may 13, 1990
Restaurant "7 Torri" Reggio Emilia
Performers and invited artists: P. Corner, A. Knowles,
C. Costa and B. Patterson
Documentation:
- DVD edited by Pari & Dispari
and Black-out Editrice, Modena
Contains:
A. Knowles, "Build a bean garden", No. FXM0353
P. Corner, "Red colour music", No. FXM0638
C. Costa, creation of a "Red text"
- Three colour photos of the A. Knowles's performance
by F. Garghetti, 24 x 30 cm.
Note: During the dinner the video "Food frames"
was presented by J. Cage and A. Knowles, No. FXCM0093
2. Rainbow Gondola Dinner, may 23, 1990
Ay-O's Rainbow Happening realized by "Ristorante all'Angelo"
during the exhibition "Ubi Fluxus Ibi Motus 1990-1962"
at Ex Granai della Repubblica alle Zitelle, Venice
Performers: Ay-O and others
Documentation:
- Dinner Menu
- 58 colour photos by G. Babazzoni.
Numbered 2/3 and signed by the artist
- a. Excerpt from "The Misfits. 30 years of Fluxus", No. FXCM0338
- b. DVD, edited by M. Cantarelli and M. Avantario
see also: "Series of Rainbow Happenings", No. FXM0571
3. Pink Dinner / Cena Rosa, june 26, 1990
Restaurant "La Mangiatoia" S. Gimignano
Performers: P. Corner, B. Patterson and C. Costa
Invited artists: P. Corner, C. Costa, M. Mariotti,
B. Patterson and F. Vaccari
Documentation:
- Three sheets of explanations by R. Chiessi
- Dinner Menu by the restaurant
- Music Menu by P. Corner
- 73 colour photos, 30 x 20 cm.
Numbered 3/3 and signed by B. Patterson
- DVD edited by Pari & Dispari signed by B. Patterson
See also Document, No. FXPH0753
4. Green Dinner / Cena Verde, sept. 7, 1990
Restaurant "La canzone del mare" Capri
Performers and invited artists: E. Andersen,
M. Bonazzi, C. Costa and M. Mariotti
5. Blue Dinner / Cena Blu, june 18, 1991
Hotel "Atelier Fiumara d'arte" Castel di Tusa, Messina
Performers and invited artists:
G. Hendricks (paints his body and several objects with blue),
P. Corner (music with ceramics),
E. Andersen (installation of a balloon in front the restaurant),
B. Patterson (paints the plates for dinner with others artists).
Documentation: DVD edited by R. Chiessi
Signed by B. Patterson and musical interventions by P. Corner
Video program notes:
A. Knowles, "Shuffle" 1961, No. FXM0567
R. Watts, "F/H trace" 1963, No. FXM0342
G. Brecht, "Drip music" 1962, No. FXM0415
T. Schmit, "Zyklus for water-pails" 1962, No. FXM0480
R. Watts, "Two inches" 1963, No. FXM0341
E. Williams, "Counting song" 1962, No. FXM0527
E. Andersen, "Opus 157" 1961, No. FXM0154
P. Corner, "Ceramica rusticana" 1991, No. FXM0163
B. Patterson, "Paper Piece" 1960, No. FXM0570
and "Pretty blue", 1991, No. 1485E
G. Hendricks, "Sicilian nocturne" 1991, No. FXM0164
6. Yellow Dinner / Cena Gialla, June, 1992
Restaurant "Gargantua" Castello di Montechiarugolo, Parma
Performers and invited artists: F. Vaccari and others
Photographic documentation:
Aterballetto's performance and "Stanza di Van Gogh", F. Vaccari
7. Dinner in White and Black / Cena in Bianco e Nero, 1994
Realized by Rosanna Chiessi in collaboration with
Herta Torggler, director of Merano Arte
at "Pavillon des Fleurs", Merano
Invited artists: M. Amato, G. Balocco, H. Chin, P. Corner,
C. Costa, U. Dossi, G. Hendricks, U. Egger, S. Gross, S. Guberti,
D. Santachiara, A. Thomas, J. De Chirico and F. Vaccari
Documentation:
- Video cassette by F. Garghetti, signed by P. Corner
- DVD by E. Marletto
- Colored photos by L. Bonotto, various sizes
- P. Corner's Menu "Musica da tavola: cena bianca e nera"
- Restaurant's Menu
- Press Release
See also: "Rosanna Chiessi. Documentation and Books", No. FXC0076
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