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Meat Joy

1964·Documentary·6m

7.0

★

"Meat Joy is an erotic rite — excessive, indulgent, a celebration of flesh as material: raw fish, chicken, sausages, wet paint, transparent plastic, ropes, brushes, paper scrap. Its propulsion is towards the ecstatic — shifting and turning among tenderness, wildness, precision, abandon; qualities that could at any moment be sensual, comic, joyous, repellent. Physical equivalences are enacted as a psychic imagistic stream, in which the layered elements mesh and gain intensity by the energy complement of the audience. The original performances became notorious and introduced a vision of the 'sacred erotic.' This video was converted from original film footage of three 1964 performances of Meat Joy at its first staged performance at the Festival de la Libre Expression, Paris, Dennison Hall, London, and Judson Church, New York City."

Directed by Carolee Schneemann

performance art

art

woman director

experimental

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann

Leading Woman

Jacques Seiler

Jacques Seiler

Independent Man

Crew

Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann

Director

Popular Reviews

9 reviews

Alvise

2.0★ · 05/16/26

Not my cup of tea

Not my cup of tea

Zlatia

According to Schneemann, by using the naked body as a material for art she “exposed and confronted a social range of current cultural taboos and repressive conventions.”
This was like the opposite of body horror; body delight, body joy, body euphoria---
The eight performers, including Schneemann, rolled around in improvised movements, and were, throughout the film, covered in paint, paper, and paint brushes crawled and writhed together, playing with raw meat.
The visual gets more disturbing as it goes on, yet the performers continue to roll around in a euphoric trance.
I don't wish to write about what ideas I personally think are demonstrated through this work, I think it speaks for itself and everyone should watch it with their own open mind.

According to Schneemann, by using the naked body as a material for art she “exposed and confronted a social range of current cultural taboos and repressive conventions.”
This was like the opposite of body horror; body delight, body joy, body euphoria---
The eight performers, including Schneemann, rolled around in improvised movements, and were, throughout the film, covered in paint, paper, and paint brushes crawled and writhed together, playing with raw meat.
The visual gets more disturbing as it goes on, yet the performers continue to roll around in a euphoric trance.
I don't wish to write about what ideas I personally think are demonstrated through this work, I think it speaks for itself and everyone should watch it with their own open mind.

Vincent

1.3★ · 02/13/25

I love contemporary art and kinetic theatre works but the sexual exploitation and objectification of real dead animal corpses is cruel and unjust. The messaging is clear: "Celebration of Flesh, Erotic Rite." But overall tasteless.

I love contemporary art and kinetic theatre works but the sexual exploitation and objectification of real dead animal corpses is cruel and unjust. The messaging is clear: "Celebration of Flesh, Erotic Rite." But overall tasteless.

Petru Buzea

1.0★ · 05/25/24

France casually trying to make the most obscure shit ever

France casually trying to make the most obscure shit ever

Huck

10.0★ · 08/26/23

First time watch but it feels like it’s going to be an all timer for me. So awesome

First time watch but it feels like it’s going to be an all timer for me. So awesome

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