On the occasion of the 2015 I ♥ John Giorno exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, in Paris, Giorno collaborated with his husband Ugo Rondinone to create video works with his sound poems. Each one is a diptych consisting of flat screen monitors installed back-to-back, with the audio delivered via headphones.
Giorno has also presented sound poems as audio installations of multi-layered and overlapping looped audio.
John Giorno (with Ugo Rondinone). Excerpt from John Giorno performing Grasping at Emptiness (1978) & Completely Attached to Delusion (1981). 2015. 2 Videos. Duration: 9:54 min (Grasping at Emptiness). Duration: 7:48 min (Completely Attached…)
John Giorno (with Ugo Rondinone). Excerpt from John Giorno performing I Don’t Need it, I don’t want it, and You Cheated Me Out of It, 1981 and Eating the Sky, 1978, 2015. 2 Videos. Duration: 10:36 min (I Don’t Need it . . .). Duration: 13:32 min (Eating the Sky)