On April 27, 1978—a sunny spring afternoon in the San Fernando Valley—an art student named Jeffrey Vallance purchased a frozen chicken from the supermarket and drove it to the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery for its funeral. He took pictures, saved the receipts, and put it all in a book. The bird's name was Blinky, The Friendly Hen, and within months his death would bring the young Vallance national attention.
As a satire of suburbia, Blinky, The Friendly Hen lives not only through performance, but the documentation that Vallance would turn into art objects: a memorable portrait of the frozen chicken, sweating in a satin-lined casket; its original wrapping paper, recasted by Vallance as his own Shroud of Turin. Decades after Vallance's "prank" at the cemetery, it is these objects that embody his conflation of religion and commerce, the sacred and the profane.
For the 35th anniversary of Blinky, The Friendly Hen, Vallance discusses his most famous performance with MOCAtv—including his appearance on Late Night with David Letterman—and returns to the grave to pay his respects. It remains open to the public, seven days a week.
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