Romantic Detachment
Sunday, October 24th, 2004|
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| Ben Sadler and Phillip Duckworth, of Juneau Records at the Romantic Detachment exhibition at PS1 in Queens. |
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| Jesse Rae, performs in a kilt and war helmet and carrying a massive broadsword, which he is wont to slam point down into the floor. |
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| Here Jesse is communing with a video projection of Bernie Worrel (known for his keyboard and production work with Parliament and Funkadelic),who recorded a background track specifically for this performance. Hear Jesse Rae on Juneau records. |
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| I think these guys from Scotland are called “Prairie Oysters.” They fired spud guns at plywood cutouts of various British historical and political figures to abrasive rock and roll. |
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| The spud guns were powered by compressed gas fed to the guns by this orange tubing. The lovely assistants rammed the condoms full of jelly and spaghetti down the barrels with baseball bats. At the end of the performance they let the gas resonate within the guns producing a lovely didjeridoo effect. |
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| Jelly on the targets. Margaret Thatcher’s head is peeking out from behind the horseman’s axe. |
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| The spirited “Guitar Situations” are also in the Juneau stable. |
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