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The Kipper Kids were a duo composed of Martin Rochus Sebastian von Haselberg (born 20 January 1949) and Brian Routh (1948–2018), two artists known for the extreme and often comedic performance art they made together in the 1970s and after.
- 1971–1982, 2003
May 28, 2018 · The Kipper Kids were a duo of British-born artists who performed violent and disruptive acts in the Seventies and Eighties, often involving food, whips, fire and pop songs. They were influenced by the European absurdist clown tradition, the punk ethos and the American art avant-garde. They married into the music world and had a short but influential career.
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The performance art duo Kipper Kids was a collaborative project by Brian Routh (1948-2018, England) and Martin von Haselberg (b. 1949, Argentina) active from approximately 1971 to 1982. Routh and von Haselberg met at East 15 Acting School in London, England, in 1970.
He is known for his performance work with Martin von Haselberg as one of The Kipper Kids who became notorious for their rowdy and rebellious performances in the art world; influencing the punk movement and the inspiration for such acts as Blue Man Group, Karen Finley and Paul McCarthy.
- Performance artist, sound artist
- 1972–2018
The Kipper Kids were a duo composed of Martin Rochus Sebastian von Haselberg (born 20 January 1949) and Brian Routh (born 9 March 1948), two artists known for the extreme and often comedic performance art they made together in the 1970s and after.
The Kipper Kids (Brian Routh and Martin von Haselberg) Up Yer Bum was performed by The Kipper Kids at the Acme Gallery, London in 1979. Steve Thorne gives a vivid description in a review published in the first ever Performance Magazine in June of that year.
