English Letter for Jane
- Date of creation : 1979
- Country : Germany
- Duration : 00:30:00
- Artist - Author : Jochen Gerz
Description
"Dressed in half a pair of pants, Jochen Gerz stands on a monitor accross from a typewrighter on a pedestal and with an inserted blank sheet of paper. The paper is kept in motion by the airstream of a hidden fan and is shown intermittently on the monitor. Gerz holds a cassette recorder in his hands. The machine plays a recording of typewriter sounds and Gerz reciting a text. A spotlight illuminates both sides in alternation. The Letter for Jane is projected on a screen in the center of the scene."
(Source: Volker Rattemeyer & Renate Petzinger (eds.), Jochen Gerz, Performances, Installationen und Arbeiten im öffentlichen Raum, Werkverzeichnis Band 1, Nürnberg, Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 1999, pp.72-73.)
Additional Informations
Also performed in Paris (1980), Valencia (1982)
(Source: Volker Rattemeyer & Renate Petzinger (eds.), Jochen Gerz, Performances, Installationen und Arbeiten im öffentlichen Raum, Werkverzeichnis Band 1, Nürnberg, Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 1999, p.73.)
- Type : video performance
- Place of production : Venice
Publications and Periodicals which reference the work
Volker Rattemeyer & Renate Petzinger (eds.), Jochen Gerz, Performances, Installationen und Arbeiten im öffentlichen Raum, Werkverzeichnis Band 1, Nürnberg, Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 1999.