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Ron Athey with Hermes Pittakos, Mecca, and Elliot Reed
PERFORMANCE AT PARTICIPANT IN 3 ACTS
Tues, Feb 16, 2021, 8pm EST

Ron Athey with Hermes Pittakos, Mecca, and Elliot Reed, *Performance at Participant in 3 Acts*, 2021. Video still: Glen Fogel. As part of *Queer Communion: Ron Athey*, curated by Amelia Jones, Participant Inc, New York, 2021.

Ron Athey with Hermes Pittakos, Mecca, and Elliot Reed, Performance at Participant in 3 Acts, 2021. Video still: Glen Fogel. As part of Queer Communion: Ron Athey, curated by Amelia Jones, Participant Inc, New York, 2021.

 
Ron Athey 
Performance at Participant in 3 Acts 
with Hermes Pittakos, Mecca, and Elliot Reed 
Tues, Feb 16, 8pm EST 
Livestream on participantafterdark.art and outdoor projection.

 
I. Opening solo word action by Elliot Reed 
II. Pistol Poem: Brion Gysin's 1960 sound piece choreographed for 4 
III. Printing Press (1994 brought back for Biosphere 2 performance, cutting the Horns of Consecration)

 
Video & Lighting Director: Glen Fogel 
Production Manager & Camera: Jordan Strafer 
Audio & Video Engineer: Lazar Bozic 
Crew: Harry Kleeman, Caroline Mills

 
Queer Communion: Ron Athey 
Curated by Amelia Jones 
on view through April 4, 2021 
Wednesday–Sunday, noon–7pm 

 

Ron Athey with Hermes Pittakos, Mecca, and Elliot Reed, *Performance at Participant in 3 Acts*, 2021. Video still: Glen Fogel. As part of *Queer Communion: Ron Athey*, curated by Amelia Jones, Participant Inc, New York, 2021.

Ron Athey with Hermes Pittakos, Mecca, and Elliot Reed, Performance at Participant in 3 Acts, 2021. Video still: Glen Fogel. As part of Queer Communion: Ron Athey, curated by Amelia Jones, Participant Inc, New York, 2021.

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