Bertok, Goran: Flesh of a Slave [fragment]

Bertok, Goran: Flesh of a Slave [fragment]

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Title Flesh of a Slave [fragment]
Subtitle The Beauty of the Extreme II.
Type Photography, Performance, Portrait photograpy, Body-art / Live-art, Perseverance performance
Date 1 March 1999
Venue Kapelica Gallery
City of production Ljubljana, Slovenia
Production Kapelica Gallery
Format 720x576 pxl
Duration 12' 10"
URL http://razume.mg-lj.si/razstava.php?id=2091999
Registration number KAP-1999-PERF-248
Number of works in a group 3

Synopsis

Goran Bertok conceived a sadomasochistic performance Flesh of a Slave, in which a man with a mask was tormented by a woman dressed as a nun piercing and burning his skin. Based on performance, Bertok produced a series of black and white photographs.

 

The performance was a part of a body-art series The Beauty of the Extreme II.

Artist, artistic group

Bertok, Goran

Group of artworks

Bertok Goran, Flesh of a Slave, Ljubljana, 1 March 1999, 12' 00"
Bertok Goran, Flesh of a Slave [trailer], Ljubljana, 1 March 1999, 03' 07"
Bertok Goran, Flesh of a Slave [fragment], Ljubljana, 1 March 1999, 12' 10"

Production

Venue