Cut Piece

• Rated 6.5 out of 10
• Movie
• 1965
• 8m
• Documentary

Filmed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Cut Piece documents one of Yoko Ono’s most powerful conceptual pieces. Performed by the artist herself, Ono sits motionless on the stage after inviting the audience to come up and cut away her clothing in a denouement of the reciprocity between victim and assailant.

Director

David Maysles

Starring

Yoko Ono