"Ja Ja Ja Ja Ja, Nee Nee Nee Nee Nee..." "Ja Ja Ja Ja Ja, Nee Nee Nee Nee Nee..." "Ja Ja Ja Ja Ja, Nee Nee Nee Nee Nee..." What the heck was that crazy, inane repetition of two syllables? Where was it coming from? I looked around the big, white museum space filled with objects I had a hard time classifying as art (two fans, titled "Two Fans"?). It wasn't coming from one of the video exhibits, because those had headsets for private listening pleasure. It wasn't coming from any of the "sculptures" (large pieces of foam rubber?). Finally, printed in tiny black letters on a lonely wall, I found the label. Profoundly, this piece of recorded performance art was titled, you guessed it: "Ja Ja Ja Ja Ja, Nee Nee Nee Nee Nee".
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