Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Notes on Lydia Lunch

  • Confrontationalist who seeks to destiny the taboos that surround sexual politics uses words, music, film, photography&sculpture to express anger at global apathy& corporate greed
  • She was doing the sexual invasion using sex as a weapon
  • Sex was more of a mental game than physical, as the mental hurt more
  • At 18 she was leaning towards the physical "The perfect man then equaled asshole, big dick, or idiot"
  • Then the universal female phenomena: "its all about getting fucked!" either getting fucked up, fucked over, fucked around, fucked with, or just plain good old fashioned fucked"
  • Mentality is about turning your disadvantages into advantages and made an art of that process. shes alway going to be screaming and yelling
  • New Speeches are politically oriented one women war "its me vs. Regan!!!"
  • Avoided slipping into a routine is unemployed for almost ten years pays for rent and lifestyle off of performances
  • She is now monogamous not by moral or personal choices but for health reasons.
  • Sex in 80's is dangerous and sex=death money is a substitute for sex
  • My partner for the first time is my equal opposed to someone i could outsmart sex is important in the relationship by no means is it the basis of it. 

Notes on Steve Kolpan

  • His art is "Video minimalism" based on personal performances allows for true intimacy between intention and activity
  • Parents were very open about sex to hi as he was growing up
  • Never shared a room, as his brothers did. This gave him ways to fantasize and have privacy for his sexuality. 
  • His family was pleasure-positive
  • His mother pushed him to be open to life, be outgoing
  • Nature became highly erotic better world for animals water sky etc
  • Sexuality had a larger control to his life but how slowly he is finding the balance, departing from erotic performance