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Description
Performance piece and interview of Kipper Kids relating to performance on October 18, 1979 at University Art Museum. Kipper Kids are painted in black makeup and wear nose and chin masks, with shower caps and jock straps. Pieces are humorous, playful and bizarre. One performance has one Kipper playing a guitar while both sing in an almost unintelligible ""cockney"" language. Another piece has Kippers making themselves into ""cakes"", with whipcream on their shower caps. Another piece shows Kippers exploding a mustard sandwich, much to the delight of the audience. Interview is conducted while Kippers are showering and removing stage makeup from one another, while explaining how the Kipper Kids characters were created. Very unusual and funny performance art.
Type
moving image
Format
Master Sound Color U-matic
Form/Genre
Personal/independent works
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
0750-121-8949 cbpf_000045
Language
English
Subject
Performance art Kipper Kids (Group of artists)
Provenance
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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