Three Heads Are Better Than One
Three Heads Are Better Than One, 2013, Two NTSC video monitors, shelf, live performance, 10 minutes. Photograph by Charles Sternaimolo
Three Heads Are Better Than One is a video installation and live performance. A long shelf holds two TV monitors with life-sized video heads of the artist on either end. When performing, the artist stands in the middle of the sculpture, his head poking through a hole in the shelf, engaging in a scripted 'trialogue' with the other two Jeffus. The trio of Jeffu 'talking heads' slowly evolve their speech patterns from random, guttural grunts to singsong sounds, and finally to hilarious and aggressive banter that reflects the harmony and discord in our everyday discourse.
Three Heads Are Better Than One (Excerpt), 2013, Two NTSC video monitors, shelf, live performance, 1 minute excerpt. Video by Paul Concemi.
Venues
- Humorgous Smorgasbord, Flux Factory, Queens, NY, Sep 8-16, 2017.
- Jeffu Warmouth: NO MORE FUNNY STUFF, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, Jan-June 2014
- First Annual Festival of Sound & Performance Art, Contemporary Arts International, Acton, MA, Sep 2013
Full Performance
Three Heads Are Better Than One (Full Performance), 2013, Two NTSC video monitors, shelf, live performance, 10 minutes. Video by Paul Concemi.
Three Heads Are Better Than One, 2013, Two NTSC video monitors, shelf, live performance, 10 minutes. Photograph by Fred Levy