The first performance of The Djellaba, 2 Macintoshes and The Naked Body took place at Moscow Internet-cafe Screen 27 of December 1997 and was shown directly in RealVideo. Later performance was shown at Moscow night clubs , at The Central House of Artist and Moscow House of Composer (Alternativa Festival).
Sergey Letov - saxophones, flute, Alexandr PIllaev - electric guitar, computer, Andrey Suchilin - electric guitar, Power Macintosh computer, keyboards, vocoders.
Sveta Moskvina (naked), Vera Vassilyeva (body painted)
Olga Lapina, Anna Kormilitsyna and others
Anna Koleichuk
Description:
The action starts with electronic music by Macintosh computers and guitars, video, slide projections. Since 5-7 minutes Sergey Letov appears on stage in Morocco white suite, called 'Djellaba' . 10 minutes later naked dancers and body-painted dancers appears. 1 hour of totally improvised activities on stage.
Author's Commentary:
Djellaba or Jellaba- is a suite (Moroccan Arabic جلابة), MACINTOSH - in Russian usage means suite also, but what can a female respond to all these masculine things, devices and inventions? - Only Her Naked Body!