The MacBooty Brothers at Documenta 8
Jun 12, 1987
Description:
As part of Alain Gibertie’s international artists’ network The Snowball Project, the MacBooty Brothers were invited to perform at documenta 8. During the opening week, Eric Metcalfe and Hank Bull donned their cowboy drag and presented a country-western routine full of lasso tricks, harmonica, and puppet shows with “talking colts” who babbled artspeak. Their actions unfolded onstage at a cabaret venue, and on the streets of Kassel as public interventions.
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