Performance Pieces

*9.0

Status

Released

Production

Columbia University School of the Arts

Aired

1990-04-28

Performance Pieces

Starring the Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham, shot in high-definition video, and was transferred to 35mm film. Portrays a performance artist, Jack Narwhal, who cut himself into pieces for display in major museums around the world. In this film, he explains his bodiless condition to a belligerent workman who is setting up another exhibit in the gallery.