There have been plastic dentures with pressure switches for lights and just plain old glowsticks in the mouth for some time now doing effectively the same thing.
Going back over a decade myself and a couple other performers have threaded small bulbs on wires through our nasal cavities and down into our mouths with crystal balls held in our teeth to create human spotlights. An old picture can be seen on this page:
I'm thinking a higher production value than plastic cheaters. Real false teeth (heh!) some illuminated, some as tiny aquariums with living things in them.
Reminds me of a painful memory of the time I got a wicked sunburn on the back of my throat from attempting this same sort of stunt with a camera flash.
It turns out that mouth tissue isn't very well protected from excessive photon bombardment.
The frog got there first.
Pretty sure Laurie Anderson did this in 1983, though with boring old incandescent lights, of course: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Live.
Hulk like !
offers interesting ideas for those with dentures.
There have been plastic dentures with pressure switches for lights and just plain old glowsticks in the mouth for some time now doing effectively the same thing.
Going back over a decade myself and a couple other performers have threaded small bulbs on wires through our nasal cavities and down into our mouths with crystal balls held in our teeth to create human spotlights. An old picture can be seen on this page:
http://www.geocities.com/jfmenu/sideshowfreaks.html
Scroll all the way down
Pretty sure Laurie Anderson did this in 1983
Oh, yeah?
#5: http://www.bewild.com/grglmo.html
I'm thinking a higher production value than plastic cheaters. Real false teeth (heh!) some illuminated, some as tiny aquariums with living things in them.
I am positive I did this at a Talking Heads concert . . . and the LED was lithium powered even back then. It was probably 1983 as well.
dude THE LIZARDMAN hangs out on boingboing.
amazing.
Reminds me of a painful memory of the time I got a wicked sunburn on the back of my throat from attempting this same sort of stunt with a camera flash.
It turns out that mouth tissue isn't very well protected from excessive photon bombardment.
live and learn I guess...