After two fabulous, intense weeks at the Gottweig Monastery, a few well deserved R + R days in Vienna! Saw the Rachel Whiteread Jewish Memorial. Went to the Nam June Paik show at the MUMOK yesterday, followed by a peppy little show called The Porn Identity at the Kunsthalle. Not every day you get to see full-on porn in a gallery and from the looks of the gallery goers (a higher than usual percentage of shifty looking unkempt older men...) the gallery did a great job of reaching new audiences! As well as objects and installations, there were lots of screens showing films including Richard Kern's Fingered, one of my personal favourites... and a lovely 'film intervention' piece by Martin Arnold. And at the other end of the spectrum we have Ron Jeremy, 'the hardest working guy in showbiz', looking a bit orange, a bit hairy and a bit greasy, having sex with scarily realistic, corpse-like, rubber sex dolls. Yumm. BTW, in the googling i did to find out exactly what material these hyper realistic dolls are made of (rubber? silicone?) I found a site with tips for homemade sex toys... Tip one includes melons and microwaves... eeew.
No comments:
Post a Comment