tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54555685448654653522024-02-02T05:28:11.014-08:00The Edible GuestRoboconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892393349595257993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455568544865465352.post-18428133184053376872014-07-08T00:33:00.006-07:002022-10-14T10:03:00.428-07:00History<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">Pop star Lady Gaga
caused controversy by wearing a dress made from raw beef at the MTV Music Video
Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in September 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "helvetica";">A meat dress very
similar in appearance to that worn by Lady Gaga was modelled by Cat Johnson for
John Pretious as part of his BA in Graphic Design at Middlesex Polytechnic in
spring 1983, and the image was subsequently used for the cover of the Undertones
album All Wrapped Up, released in November 1983:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">Multimedia artist
Linder Sterling wore a dress of chicken meat stitched to black net at a
performance by post-punk group Ludus at the Hacienda club, Manchester
on 5th November 1982:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The earliest documented
example of a garment made from meat was at the Slade School of Art postgraduate
degree exhibition opening in London in July 1979, when performance artist
Robert Connolly wore a two-piece suit made from slices of salami stitched
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #1f4496;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica;">The title of that performance was <b>The Edible Guest</b>.</span></span>Roboconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892393349595257993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455568544865465352.post-3474227743792187222014-05-29T14:04:00.002-07:002014-05-29T14:04:37.372-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">My name's Robert Connolly, and I beat Lady Gaga to it by 31 years by wearing a two-piece suit made of salami as a sartorial hors d'oeuvre at the Slade School of Art postgrad private view in 1979. (I wrapped myself in clingfilm first to maintain hygienic standards, of course</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">.) Dog owners were invited to bring their pets to deal with the leftovers. Photos by Giles Elgood.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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