In bed with fever

Dear Cecilia, Francesca and Maria,

I am writing from Naples, frustrated, since a viral infection is keeping me in bed unable to join you for the presentation set for tomorrow afternoon in Rome. I have been asked to prepare some material, which will “speak in my absence”. Instead, I though of sharing my experience of being sick and getting lost in the most fascinating museum of the world: “Youtube”. I prepared a list of videos, which I have discovered or re-discovered today in this video-cyber-archive, which was missing, since the invention of the video camera, for an absolute democratization of the video production. I have selected for this purpose performances flirting with the “extraordinary”. In addition I have inserting some uploads from the TV of the past, which have been lost before the creation of this archive of obsessions. A hint on what might be the end or a brand new beginning of the history of video-art…

Enjoy and call me if there are any questions…


Aboriginal Interpretation of Zorba the Greek



Counter-exoticism: the Chooky Dancers are performing Zorba the Greek.

Homayoun Shajarian sings live on TV



Homayoun Shajarian makes me cry even if I don’t understand a word of what he sings.

Mesmerizing starling flying over Rome



Mesmerizing starling that my friend Michael showed me today on youtube and which I wont see this time in Rome.

Thriller



1,500 inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines reenacting Michael Jackson’s video-clip “Thriller”.


Raffaella Carra - Bolero



This video of Raffaella Carra is a brilliant collaboration of the cinematic and the theatrical… I love it when she flies in the skies…

“Marcelo! Come here”



A drunk guy reenacting “La Dolce Vita”.

Boys performing a yoga demonstration



An old video showing boys performing a yoga demonstration… My friend Adonis discovered it some time ago and sent the link to me, I watched it three times today.

Contortionist Brothers



Old performance of Roy and Sven Schmall from Germany, Contortionist brothers performing in the middle of two multicolor light pyramids.

Hahaha



A very happy baby to make you happy.

Muscles



A young man showing off his muscles.


I want it that way



Two young guys performing-playback on a backstreet boys song

"Dirtylad”



The very first video of the “dirtylad” smoking on youtube (there are much more with slide variations).

Spencer and Barbara dancing



An extraordinary pas de deux!

Harder, Better, Faster, stronger



Impressive!

Dalida - Je suis malade



Dalida “qui est malade” and gets lost in her performance…