Grey Belt (2009) Photos

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Performance art by Taeyoon Choi and Cheonpyo Lee
Partially scripted and structured improvisation
Duration approximately 20 minutes
Premiered at EYEBEAM Art and Technology Center, New York City. MIXER 3.6~7. 2009

Images from Second day, Saturday Performance, Photo: Christine A. Butler courtesy of Eyebeam
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The performance is staged on the gallery floor with two fixed flood light and two controlled spot lights. Video projection, which shows drawings is turned off, and the audience are asked to stand in a circle, before the performance starts.

He then puts his head in the launched missile, which is hanging from the ceiling, and asks for hug from the audience.

He gets out of the missile head, and becomes the pilot. He puts on the jet pack and pretends to fly around the performance area, slowly making a circle. The pilot tries to connect with the control tower, not receiving any feed back.

He then becomes a frustrated soldier who steps on a land mine while masturbating during his duty to observe the enemy line. He starts conversation with a turtle, a zoomorphic version of the mine, which tells that it has been waiting him for a long time. The microphone amplify vibrating sound of the mine.

Images from the Friday Performance. Images courtsey of Taeyoon Choi and Cheon pyo Lee

Performance begins with Choi, a pilot trying to take off an airplane. He jumps to fly, as Lee pulls him by a pulley, unsuccessfully hangs in the mid air for a slice of second.

He escapes by activating a machine that resembles a train or tank, which the wheels made of 16mm film reels. All the machines are hanging in the ceiling, then pulled down by Lee controlling the pulleys. Choi makes loud noise with the machine, which is mixed with a sound of train horns.

He is now an engineer of a train, and invites audience to come along the journey. They march around the performance area few times.

At the end, the audience are invited to launch a missile, a piñata with red, blue, and silver sparkles inside. He continues to fails the tasks, and only able to launch it with help of the audience participation. The performance ends.