Red Check
In relation to the beatnik generation, its nomadic lifestyle, and non-conformist public reading of poems, Jana Orlová reflected on her recent experience of living in Canada. For her performance, she chose the ugliest part of the gallery – a parking lot with a large concrete block. She performed with a hat from the Quebec Museum of Fine Arts with the motto „L’art dans ma vie“ and a backpack, which was her only luggage for her two-month stay overseas. She also used red wine, a face mask, and white sage in her performance as a tribute to Canada’s indigenous people. She read a selection of her poems relating to the artist’s nomadic lifestyle.
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RIAP (Rencontre internationale d’art performance), Agora+ gallery, Alma, Canada, 25.8. 2022, photo Le Rhizome.