MILK THING
Performance by Owen Parry & Elena Trivelli, 2008
(5 mins)
"Owen Parry & Elena were a hoot. Mr. Parry was wearing an oversized sweater ala Ann-Margaret’s reverse strip in Bye Bye Birdie and the sheer nuttyness of his music hall style short format piece was hilarious"
Milk Thing never really had a name. It was something about milk, wool and celery. It was something about getting caught with your knickers round your ankles and showing off how hard you could be.
Originally conceived as a response to Fireworks (1947) by experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger, the performance draws on the not-so-subtle imagery and symbolism of the film: the pyrotechnic phallus, the rivers of milk, the violence and danger, the dreamer's erotic encounters through a journey into the 'Gents' are all transformed through a series of fast-live actions that leave no time for loving these messy show offs.
Performances:
Duckie, London (Feb 2010)
RoundHouse, Klein Kunst II, London (Nov 2009)
Eat Your Heart Out, Hackney Empire, London (Oct 2009)
Queen Mary, University of London (Dec 2008)
All Photos: Christa Holka