Oklahoma or the Farmer in the Astral Plains (Part 1-2)
June 8, 1991
Performance Art
About the Program
Robert Metrick's performance from the Chicago Performance Art Series. Written, composed, directed, and performed by Robert Metrick."Never degrade yourself to the point where you become the battleground of a struggle that goes on with no regard as it were for you, and of which you feel nothing but the terrible blows of the warriors. Rise up then. Mend your ways, escape officialdom, start seeing what you are instead of calculating what you should become."
- Franz Kafka (excerpt from Diaries)
"Every dog has its day.
Every horse eats its hay.
Every chain rusts away.
I will pass another day.
On the avenue or down the drain.
In a bubble or a fortress.
Never to threaten.
To only amuse.
I'm coming home to you..."
- The Farmer (excerpt from Michigan letter)
Artist
Robert MetrickCurator
Hester ReeveIdentifier
1991.0608 OKLPart of the series
Chicago Performance Art SeriesCollection
grunt gallery Programming ArchiveLocation
Pitt International Galleries36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6A 1E7
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
In copyright. For uses beyond Fair Dealing, research requests, corrections, takedown requests, or other inquiries, please contact grunt gallery: archives@grunt.ca