ABJACKASS
first performed on July 20, 2012
Industry Lab Gallery, Cambridge, MA
performed one time in 2012
SEAN JOSEPH PATRICK CARNEY
Jordan Wayne Long
Portland, OR
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www.seanjosephpatrickcarney.com
ABJACKASS
SEAN JOSEPH PATRICK CARNEY
“AbJackass” was a site-specific, 30-minute performance and concrete comedy routine that highlighted links between the history of performance art and stunts by the members of Jackass. Using Julia Kristeva’s writings on abjection as original research sources, one-liner jokes and physical comedy routines were then developed to mimic and pay homage to celebrated works of performance in the visual arts and some of the better-known skits from Jackass. These concerns regarding the intersection of abjection and humor are consistent through my interdisciplinary practice, which also includes writing, sculpture, web-based art, sound, and Social Malpractice Publishing, a label that I founded in 2009.