Charlotte Moorman with Nam June Paik, 1980

A black and white photograph of Charlotte Moorman with Nam June Paik. A 1980 performance of John Cage’s 26’1.1499” for a String Player, which shows Moorman, left, sitting atop a low wooden platform, surrounded by clusters of white inflated balloons, microphone stands, wires, a telephone, and other noise-making objects. Her proper right arm is raised, and appears to be holding a mallet or maraca. Paik stands to the left of the platform, back to the camera, observing or perhaps instructing Moorman’s actions. Three large television screens project images in the background.