Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3
by RJ Supa
a part of the 2014 Summer Performance Series
Join Iron Man here!
chashama 266
266 West 37th Street
New York, NY
July 11 - 17, 2014
Performance Dates and Times:
July 11, 2 - 6 pm
July 12, 10 am - 2 pm
July 13, 6 - 10 pm
July 14, 8 am - 12 pm
July 15, 12 - 4 pm
July 16, 6 - 10 pm
July 17, 2 - 6 pm
The purpose of the performance, "Iron Man 3," is two‐fold: to create an interaction with an audience where they supply the “canvas” and I create the art, and secondly to establish the difference between the artist and the civilian. The former is created by having audience members or “performers” supply the artist with a piece of clothing to be ironed and/or steamed and then signed. This serves the practical purpose of releasing wrinkles from a garment and the artistic purpose of “creating” a modern‐day Readymade by signing it. It also functions well within any context, giving anyone who wishes a free souvenir that is ultimately an art object (Frame It! Hang It!).
The artist is enclosed in a structure that allows for him to be seen but not touched. This establishes the artist as “other” in a world where reality television, 24/7 news cycles and tabloid culture has blurred the line – for better or worse – between artist, celebrity, civilian and unknown. Placed behind a Plexiglas door or cube (depending on the site specifics), the garments to be ironed are exchanged for a robe (if necessary) through a small window created in the door, meant to establish the performance as transactional, one act being equally as important, and mandatory, as the other. The participant may then engage with the artist or can choose to sit at a chair placed on the side of the cube/door while the item is being created. The participant also signs a "laundry ticket" with the article of clothing to be touched. This ticket serves as both a waiver and documentation of the work. It is slid through the cube/door to the artist.
The title, "Iron Man 3," is a tongue‐in‐cheek play on the hyper‐masculine Hollywood blockbuster, the also hyper-masculine song by Black Sabbath and the typically female act of ironing. Based on the feminist and service‐oriented works of Mierle Laderman Ukeles, "Iron Man 3" utilizes her Maintenance Art Manifesto as an easy way to explain the work without necessarily intellectualizing it for the audience. It is titled part 3 because this will be the third time the performance has taken place.
by RJ Supa
a part of the 2014 Summer Performance Series
Join Iron Man here!
chashama 266
266 West 37th Street
New York, NY
July 11 - 17, 2014
Performance Dates and Times:
July 11, 2 - 6 pm
July 12, 10 am - 2 pm
July 13, 6 - 10 pm
July 14, 8 am - 12 pm
July 15, 12 - 4 pm
July 16, 6 - 10 pm
July 17, 2 - 6 pm
The purpose of the performance, "Iron Man 3," is two‐fold: to create an interaction with an audience where they supply the “canvas” and I create the art, and secondly to establish the difference between the artist and the civilian. The former is created by having audience members or “performers” supply the artist with a piece of clothing to be ironed and/or steamed and then signed. This serves the practical purpose of releasing wrinkles from a garment and the artistic purpose of “creating” a modern‐day Readymade by signing it. It also functions well within any context, giving anyone who wishes a free souvenir that is ultimately an art object (Frame It! Hang It!).
The artist is enclosed in a structure that allows for him to be seen but not touched. This establishes the artist as “other” in a world where reality television, 24/7 news cycles and tabloid culture has blurred the line – for better or worse – between artist, celebrity, civilian and unknown. Placed behind a Plexiglas door or cube (depending on the site specifics), the garments to be ironed are exchanged for a robe (if necessary) through a small window created in the door, meant to establish the performance as transactional, one act being equally as important, and mandatory, as the other. The participant may then engage with the artist or can choose to sit at a chair placed on the side of the cube/door while the item is being created. The participant also signs a "laundry ticket" with the article of clothing to be touched. This ticket serves as both a waiver and documentation of the work. It is slid through the cube/door to the artist.
The title, "Iron Man 3," is a tongue‐in‐cheek play on the hyper‐masculine Hollywood blockbuster, the also hyper-masculine song by Black Sabbath and the typically female act of ironing. Based on the feminist and service‐oriented works of Mierle Laderman Ukeles, "Iron Man 3" utilizes her Maintenance Art Manifesto as an easy way to explain the work without necessarily intellectualizing it for the audience. It is titled part 3 because this will be the third time the performance has taken place.
