An Unclassified Number An Interview with John Fleck
1991; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 35; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1146143
ISSN1531-4715
AutoresLinda Frye Burnham, John Fleck,
Tópico(s)Art, Technology, and Culture
ResumoFLECK: Because of this whole NEA bullshit, I've been using the right side of my brain too much, dealing analytically, and it's been hard to tap the left side. I feel people are going to be somewhat disappointed by anything I do, and I don't want to try to please them by being controversial and raucous, ripping my clothes off and urinating and defecating to keep the ball rolling. I've been feeling real stuck, just defending myself, and I'm trying to let that go and creatively let whatever happens happen. Something finally came out-I don't thing e k it was my best work-butjust breaking the spell of not creating anything was a big step for me. As far as nonnegotiable stuff in performance, it's got to be personal and meaningful and somewhat political in its concept. In this last piece at MOCA [Museum of Contemporary Art in L.A.] I drove out onstage and did this whole sex trip with my new little car. My car was stolen a few weeks back. Part of the nightmare of this summer [I990]. So I did this whole thing with it, treating it like a sex object, and then I went out into the audience and I was treating everyone like my car-like sex objects. At the end, I'm left on my back on this roller thing spinning around in circles, talking about how I bought this car, how I had to change my number since I was on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and how these neo-Nazis were calling me. How everybody was saying, Now that you got your number changed, that means you're going You can tell when you're goin' places, you always have to get an unclassified number. You're goin' places. I'm just kind of spinning my wheels. . .
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