1984 | United States | Experimental

Nothing To Lose

  • English, Dutch - 22 mins
  • Director | Lawrence Weiner
  • Writer | Lawrence Weiner, Steen Moller Rasmussens
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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Footage from a performance produced at Forum en Scene in Middleburg, Holland of the players continually enacting the same tasks. Nothing To Lose opens with a young, androgynous sailor standing between two buildings, while the song Nothing To Lose plays on a record player. The camera pans to two people in the national costume of Zeeland: one is peeling cucumbers and the other is washing sheets, shouting, “Good manners ruin good food.” A woman sits in her window, fingering a string of pearls and shouting to the sailor. Finally, the young sailor kisses this woman on the cheek and walks off the set smiling.

Conceptual Art Video Art Performance Art Artist Studio Bilingual Spoken Word 1980s
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