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Man With The Golden Gun

Who's Your Daddy?
Thursday 1st May, 6.00pm
MOP
2/39 Abercrombie St
Chippendale, Sydney


Photo by Brenda MacDuff


Mark Shorter's upcoming performance at MOP projects explores patriarchal modes of power and exchange. The performance will employ the symbol of the golden Tabuk rifle, a version of the AK-47 that was produced by Saddam Hussein for his personal guard. It was also the gun that was donated to the Australian War Museum by the United States Army as a token of gratitude for our participation in the Iraq war. The gun will be presented to the Australian Public using performative strategies inspired by the innovations of the early artistic cabarets in Europe at the turn of the 19th century. The interdisciplinary nature of these institutions provided strategies of engagement that broke down traditional barriers between artist and audience creating an environment for social engagement and politicizing art discourse.

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