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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

A NSFW Curiosity Made in 1970 by Yoko Ono and John Lennon in A New York Attic

Posted by on Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 3:09 PM

The video Fly by Yoko Ono and John Lennon is from the period in which Ono took a fly as her alter ego.

Her voice—in the voice of a fly—is the soundtrack for 25 minutes of video in which a fly (many flies that seem like only one, actually) explores a naked woman's body. (Or does the fly equivalent of exploring, which may not be exploring at all but just, you know, existing in and around a thing.)

According to one source,

Fly ... took two days to film in a New York attic. ... John and Yoko asked New York actress Virginia Lust to lie down naked whilst they filmed a fly exploring her body. Approximately 200 flies were used and each had to be stunned with a special gas. The film showed a fly traversing the girl's body from her toes to her head, exploring every part. It was claimed that Virginia Lust also had to be sedated during the filming.

I just thought you might like to know about it.

 

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Akbar Fazil 1
and...youtube already took it down for "nudity violation"
Posted by Akbar Fazil on June 26, 2012 at 3:28 PM
2
Was the fly naked?
Posted by Sterno on June 26, 2012 at 3:30 PM
yelahneb 3
Gone in 15 minutes:

"Most nudity is not allowed, particularly if it is in a sexual context. Generally if a video is intended to be sexually provocative, it is less likely to be acceptable for YouTube. There are exceptions for some educational, documentary, scientific, and artistic content, but only if that is the sole purpose of the video and it is not gratuitously graphic. For example, a documentary on breast cancer would be appropriate, but posting clips out of context from the documentary might not be."

http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guide…

For fuck's sake - does YouTube not understand that everyone already knows what a naked human looks like?
Posted by yelahneb http://www.strangebutharmless.com on June 26, 2012 at 3:50 PM
4
Can be streamed or downloaded here:

http://www.jonbehrensfilms.com/experimen…
Posted by fool4surf on June 26, 2012 at 4:59 PM
5
I DON'T like knowing about it. My life was demonstrably better when I did not know about it.
Posted by jzimbert on June 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM
6
"GOODBYE RASPUTIN"...It is with great sadness-WAIT!-no it isn't, I'm smizing! He's closing up the travellin' roadshow folks, easing on down road, and leaving on a jet plane(for Berlin? oh, that was last year). Hmmmmm. But seriously, it's a good thing Martha, because what has really got to be in my opinion, a truly divisive force in the local art scene lately, not to mention a major culprit in denegrating local art history and culture for the past 10 years is movin'on folks. YAY! say it again YAY!.
Too bad thoough for all his artists that drank the KOOL-AID, now that truly is sad, let's hope they can rebound. Any-hoo, it all happens for a reason and maybe this was meant to be...let's just hope he doesn't surface somewhere locally to cause more destruction and strife.
But MOST importantly-WHAT's JEN GONNA DO NOW!?!?!

excerpt(his words)

"I have accepted an appointment to a position that expands my ability to contribute to the art community in Seattle. Because of this new post, I will no longer be ‘projecting’ with the Project. While this is wonderful news for me personally and professionally, I am quite sad that I won't be working with my stellar stable of artists in a gallery capacity. I do, however, look forward to working with them in new and exciting ways in the years to come. A formal announcement of my new appointment will happen soon. Stay tuned...

I want to thank all the collectors, colleagues and audiences that have made the last six years the very best of my professional career so far, but most of all I'd like to thank the hundreds of artists, curators and writers that helped to distinguish Lawrimore Project.
Posted by Hibrowgorilla on June 26, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Nelson Bradley 7
Ahem. Anyway, I installed this film for YO's wonderful exhibit, YES, at the Japan Society Gallery in Manhattan. Although I liked it, I did feel sorry for the guards who had to listen to the audio over and over again...
Posted by Nelson Bradley on June 26, 2012 at 7:07 PM
thatsnotright 8
Jen,you know she's really, really, really rich, right? How does that money and fame effect your ability to critique her work?
Posted by thatsnotright on June 26, 2012 at 7:54 PM
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What the hell is @6 talking about? Did they comment on the wrong story?
Posted by BallardBoy on June 26, 2012 at 8:38 PM

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