23.11.10

Draw a Straight Line & Follow It

My site is a deft slice in the shadow of the main street.  I drew my own line within the site, a view where the continuous quality of the street plays out like a filmic sequence.






In the performance piece ‘Zen for Head’ (1962), Korean born artist Nam Jun Paik dipped his head in a bowl of ink before dragging it (like a giant brush) along a scroll of paper.

'Zen for Head' - Nam June Paik
The piece was a reference to Asian calligraphy and an interpretation of "Composition 1960 No. 10" by the Fluxus artist LaMonte Young which consisted entirely of the instruction: 
"draw a straight line and follow it." 

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