happenings - OHO

  • Milenko Matanovič makes a path, 1968

    “I was intrigued by the idea of making my own path (I also liked the poetry of the act) by traversing the field hundreds of times until I put down a line in the grass that didn’t exist before."

  • Katalgo: Happening the Passion (or Biblical Stories), 1968

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triglav, 1968 “I convinced two friends to sit for a few hours on a ladder and pretend to be the tallest mountain in Slovenia. It was a New Year gift to the citizens too old or feeble to climb the mountains - we brought it to them.” (see Trigla

triglav, 1968

“I convinced two friends to sit for a few hours on a ladder and pretend to be the tallest mountain in Slovenia. It was a New Year gift to the citizens too old or feeble to climb the mountains - we brought it to them.” (see Triglav for more)"

"OHO - Katalgo: Happening the Passion (or Biblical Stories), 1968 “We were asked to create an exhibit and also an event/happening in a theater hall. For the exhibit I created a sculpture called Red Sea, a series of wavy wooden boards that I pai

"OHO - Katalgo: Happening the Passion (or Biblical Stories), 1968

“We were asked to create an exhibit and also an event/happening in a theater hall. For the exhibit I created a sculpture called Red Sea, a series of wavy wooden boards that I painted red. When we discussed what to do in the hall, I suggested parting the Red Sea as a theme and we agreed to improvise around it. We got hold of a large roll of cardboard paper and after people settled into their seats we rolled the paper over everybody and then punched holes in it so people could stick their heads above it; we turned people into a ‘sea’ and their heads into ‘waves’. This took quite a bit of time. And then we used karate chops to break the paper and we ‘parted’ the sea Moses-like. Then we walked out. It left people completely puzzled - we didn’t use any words or have any performing experience. It was all very strange and humorous!"

Happening in Zvezda Park (a vacuum cleaner filled long plastic tubes with air), 1968 “I used a vacuum cleaner to fill a lon g plastic tube with air. I invited friends to form a circle. As the unfolding tube would reach them, they were to gently

Happening in Zvezda Park (a vacuum cleaner filled long plastic tubes with air), 1968

“I used a vacuum cleaner to fill a lon g plastic tube with air. I invited friends to form a circle. As the unfolding tube would reach them, they were to gently redirect it back towards the center of the circle. The tube unfolded quite slowly: it took about twenty minutes over which it grew in size until the circle was filled with the twisted tube."

Milenko Matanovič makes a path, 1968 “I was intrigued by the idea of making my own path (I also liked the poetry of the act) by traversing the field hundreds of times until I put down a line in the grass that didn’t exist before."

Milenko Matanovič makes a path, 1968

“I was intrigued by the idea of making my own path (I also liked the poetry of the act) by traversing the field hundreds of times until I put down a line in the grass that didn’t exist before."

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