Afactum/Achot Achot

AFACTUM

Author: Achot Achot (Achot Ghazaryan)

Performer: The author together with his son Avetis Kazarian

The performance took place during the opening of the exhibition "9", curated by Sonia Balassanian

Venue: Modern Art Museum, Yerevan

Year: 1992

The performance enacts a purification process where the artist is cutting a boy's hair, sprinkling flour on his head then washing him. In the end, the hair was collected in a package and displayed with a water basin as an installation, showing the remains of the experience.