Great story Ken Paul….

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> On Jun 20, 2020, at 8:06 AM, Ken Paul Rosenthal 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> When I was a San Francisco Cinematheque voluteer back in the early '90's, I 
> assisted Luthor in a performance called, 'Meat', at the Eye Gallery. I recall 
> it vividly:
> 
> A large white sheet separated Luthor from the audience. Luthor's hair was 
> frosted white like an old man and his face was covered in pasty whiteface. He 
> wore oversized, thick, dark glasses, a white lab coat, and rubber gloves. My 
> job was to run a video feed from his side of the curtain, which the audience 
> could watch on a monitor on the other side. He asked me to wear a lab coat as 
> well, even though I was not visible to anyone.
> 
> Luthor had an enormous side of beef on a table with a fist-size hole in it. 
> He repeatedly alternated between spraying aerosal into the beef hole and 
> reaching in as if to pull something out. His movement was very measured and 
> disciplined. On the audience side, liver was frying on a hot plate. The smell 
> was rather oppressive. Luthor was generous enough to let me snap photographs 
> throughout the entire performance. 
> 
> Luthor walked with a pronounced limp due to being shot in (I believe) 
> Guatamala. This incident inspired the above performance.
> 
> Ken
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