Fluxus Workbook, 2020
ROBERT BOZZI
Choice 1
The performer enters the stage with a tied parcel, places it on a table, and opens it to take out a whipped cream cake with 10 candles. He lights the candles, then blows them out. He picks up the cake, shows it to the audience, then flings it into his own face.
1966
Art direction - Cansu Pylkkänen
Videography - Cansu Pylkkänen
Post-Production - Cansu Pylkkänen
Performer - Cansu Pylkkänen
"Your performance was thrilling to watch, even if I knew from the beginning what was going to happen there. I think it was really well done and beautifully shot as an video also. The music fits there perfectly. I like how the atmosphere gets more tense as the video goes on... I like the casual and festival elements being there at the same time. There is something really ”upside down” feeling there also. It is a carnival and it is a circus (maybe your cake covered face reminds me of a clown face). But putting the cake in your face seems almost a violent act. So is looking at your face after it. What I am afraid of? Are you there behind the cream mask? It is so good that you take a closer look at your face in the end of the video. It makes it even more disturbing. Especially when you try to open your eyes. It makes me think about food, consuming, porn (money shots) and everything. You just smile even if it must be uncomfort. So do people in many akward situations mentioned before. I like so much your performances. In your both videos you turn very normal situations something playful and weird. It gives me a lot of think about and I guess that is the meaning of performances."
Asko Heikura
"The music was great addition to this piece. You were having a fun, little bit surrealistic cake party which had a sad ending. Cake on your face made a connection to a sad circus clown in my mind. I felt feelings of loneliness and anxiety. Birthday cake feels useless without company. The music is trying to give you the energetic vibes, but vibes end up with advertisement audio. Maybe there is a chance to continue this somehow? What happens to the cake and cream on your face? Is there a dog or cat that could share it with you?"
Viena Kytöjoki