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Sarah Hicks and Sam Bergman

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Inflammable



A real (unretouched) picture of jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita playing a burning piano, a stunt he also pulled back in 1973. He says it's his way of showing appreciation for an old piano he no longer uses; to me it's oddly compelling and utterly inflammatory (pun intended) performance art. Check out the movie of the 1973 burning here (click on the top thumbnail clip); you be the judge.

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2 Comments:

Blogger Sam said...

Now if only someone would do this to a few violas, you'd really hear some applause...

March 25, 2008 at 6:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wish I could do it to the next-door neighbor kid's drum set.

March 27, 2008 at 1:28 PM  

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