Interview with Anna Felicity Friedman aka the Burlesque Butcher

Posted by on Jun 13, 2013 in artists, discourse
Interview with Anna Felicity Friedman aka the Burlesque Butcher

ET: On your website, alongside a photo of you, is a caption that I love: “Just a small feminist note…this is what a real, non-photoshopped, 5′ 7″, 127 pound, size 4 to 6 body looks like. Yes, I look chubby by magazine and fashion-industry standards, which gives you an indication of how misleading and manipulated […]

Zackary Drucker “The Story of Lynn Harris”

Posted by on Jun 13, 2013 in artists, performance art
Zackary Drucker “The Story of Lynn Harris”

The theme of Thursday’s video series was Corporal Discomfort, a concept that echoed the unease brought about by each of the day’s performances. They all involved some degree of suffering on the part of the performer, eliciting a kind of sympathy pain from audience members. The descriptor “hard to watch” came to mind frequently. Carlos […]

The Burlesque Butcher

Posted by on Jun 6, 2013 in artists, performance art
The Burlesque Butcher

Cleaver-wielding beauty Anna Felicity Friedman AKA the Burlesque Butcher provided a rousing kick-off to this week at the Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival with a provocative performance on Monday afternoon. Friedman’s process began with a thorough cleaning of the two parallel, street facing windows in front of the Defibrillator gallery. Drop cloths were placed, […]