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Jochen Gerz «The Mouth that Paints»
Jochen Gerz, «The Mouth that Paints», 1978
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 Jochen Gerz
«The Mouth that Paints»

The audience witnesses a performance in which Jochen Gerz, equipped with brush – the painter's insignia – physically interacts with the electronic monitor image of his performance until he finally erases his own image by painting over the camera lens.