Ocularcentrism and its Relationship to Oral Traditions / Spectacle, Lake
November 7, 1996
Performance Art
About the Program
An evening of performances by John Boehme, including Ocularcentrism and its Relationship to Oral Traditions and Spectacle, Lake. Described by the artist as: "This is a cotton candy-tinted video of my right ear being operated on. Overlaid with text challenging the ubiquitous notion of a hierarchy between the senses. The visual imagery is aurally punctuated by a broadcast style narration. This performance relates to the relational notions of scriptism, phonocentrism, and ocularcentrism by opening up a syntax between audience as passive participant or audience as active participant.Artist
John BoehmeIdentifier
1996.1107 OCUCollection
grunt gallery Programming ArchiveLocation
grunt gallery (second location)116-350 E. 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 4R8
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
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