Ono said, 'Force and intimidation were in the air. After nearly 40 years, when she reprised Cut Piece, her mindset was also very different from when she first performed it. In the most recent reprise of Cut Piece - Paris 2003, Ono claimed that the purpose was for world peace. In each reinterpretation of the work, Ono created different changes. The performer is in the third person, i.e., can be any gender. Later, in Ono's published book, Grapefruit 1964, she mentioned that the performer of Cut Piece need not be female. For the second version, the audience may cut each other's clothing as they wish. Reprise Īfter Ono's initial performance in Kyoto, she reprised the performance for several times later in Tokyo, New York, London and Paris. As a pioneering work, Ono certainly places the viewer in a very important position and is an important element of Cut Piece. The audience walked down the steps clutching the remnants of her clothes and they were allowed to keep these pieces with them. For the final stage of the performance, her body was fully exposed. Her expression was kept poised and silenced while her body remained motionless. The audience took turns walking up to her on stage and joining her performance, cutting off pieces of her clothing with scissors. Ono sat alone cross-legged on the stage in her best clothes, her long hair draped over her shoulders. A few randomly selected audience members were asked to cut her clothes with scissors into pieces until Ono was completely naked. On July 20, 1964, Yoko Ono performed her most famous performance art piece for the first time at the Yamaichi Concert Hall in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the earliest and most significant works of the feminist art movement and Fluxus. Cut Piece 1964 is a pioneer of performance art and participatory work first performed by Yoko Ono on July 20, 1964, at the Yamaichi Concert Hall in Kyoto, Japan.

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