Food for the Spirit
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Food for the Spirit | |
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Artist | Adrian Piper |
Year | 1971 |
Type | Performance art, self-portrait |
Medium | Gelatin silver print |
Food for the Spirit (1971) is a performance art piece and self-portrait series by American conceptual artist Adrian Piper, which was conducted, performed and documented in the summer of 1971 in her New York loft as she isolated herself[1] and entered a dissociative phase influenced by her constant reading of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.[1]
Outline
Piper had begun Food for the Spirit out of a temporary isolated lifestyle that she took upon in her New York loft, including doing yoga, reading, writing, and fasting. However, most integral to the piece was
"I rigged up a camera and tape recorder next to [a] mirror, so that every time the fear of losing myself overtook me and drove me to the 'reality check' of the mirror, I was able to both record my physical appearance objectively and also record myself on tape repeating the passage in Critique that was currently driving me to self-transcendence."[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Art Basel". Art Basel. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ a b "RISD Museum". RISD Museum. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ Basel, Art. "Adrian Piper | Food for the Spirit". Art Basel. Retrieved 2019-03-21.