Body Pressure
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Template:Short description Template:Italic title Body Pressure is a 1974 performance piece by American artist Bruce Nauman. The performer or viewer is instructed to press "as much of the front surface of your bodyScript error: No such module "String".... against the wall as possible", then to "[p]ress very hard and concentrateScript error: No such module "String".... Think how various parts of your body press against the wall; which parts touch and which do not". Nauman says that it "may become a very erotic exercise".[1]
The piece was re-interpreted and performed by Marina Abramović as part of her Seven Easy Pieces in 2005.[2]
References
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- ↑ Bruce Nauman, Body Pressure Template:Webarchive, 1974. e-flux, 2002.
- ↑ Sean Kelly Gallery, "[1] Template:Webarchive", 2005.
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