In the frame of the event Pecha Kucha Night (Created in Japan by KDA, Pecha Kucha Night events consist of around a dozen presentations, each presenter having 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds. Presenters have just 6 minutes 40 seconds to explain their ideas before the next presenter takes the stage. Conceived as a venue through which young Designers and artists could meet, show their work, exchange ideas, and network, the format keeps presentations concise, fast-paced and entertaining. -From the webpage of the event in Argentina-), El Matadero emerges as a wound, as a disruptive action within the frame of an event that describes itself as friendly performance. Here the historical proposal becomes body art, and the performer -with the help of a nurse- bleeds for 6 minutes 40 seconds while he reads Walt Whitman’s poem and holds a dead hare (in allusion to the Joseph Beuys’ 1965 “How to Explain Paintings to a Dead Hare” performance)

Emilio García Wehbi

Performer
EMILIO GARCÍA WEHBI

Nurse
GABRIELA MARÍN
Assistant
MARIANA STIZZA
Sound
MARCELO MARTÍNEZ
Photography
MAXI BORT

Ciudad Cultural Konex, Buenos Aires, 2007

Fotos Maxi Bort