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Jury Service
While I was performing as “The Waitress” I was called to serve on a jury. It was she who appeared for JURY DUTY. Once chosen and in the courtroom, wearing all my old clothes, I recognized that all of the participants were performing.…
The Short Order Cook, Act V, Andy's Donut
As “The Waitress” I was a gregarious self and also an archetype. “Waitress” with a bouffant hairdo who wore a black and white nylon dress. As the “Short Order Cook” I also dressed and behaved appropriately.…
Summer Offensive
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Cows
Participants carried one hundred life-size cardboard cows along seventeen pedestrian overpasses of southern freeway approaches into San Francisco. The event was covered by television channels 2, 4, 5 and 7.(Foley 1980: 148)
Chicken Dance
I performed a chicken dance in nine different outdoor places in San Francisco. The sites were museums, galleries, and the Golden Gate Bridge. The dances were on the third month at noon, three and six o’clock. I wore a blue prom dress, tap…
Portable Park III
The third site was Maiden Lane, a downtown street near the major shopping area near Union Square. The whole street was closed for two days, covered with turf, trees, and even more animals (cows, goats, chickens, sheep, llamas). This was a greater…
Portable Park I
Portable Park I was situated on the dead end section of the freeway that was used primarily by the Highway Patrol for dispensing tickets. For one day the area was covered in live turf, live palm trees, a cow and myself. It was a living tableau which…
Sitting Still II
In a series of performance entitled Sitting Still, Sherk created eloquent images of solitude, speaking to her viewers through the sheer power of her presence and sensitizing them to the particular site chosen for each work. This series took place in…
Sitting Still II
In a series of performance entitled Sitting Still, Sherk created eloquent images of solitude, speaking to her viewers through the sheer power of her presence and sensitizing them to the particular site chosen for each work. This series took place in…
Sitting Still I
In 1970, I was exploring the nature of performance and the diverse environments, created or found, in which it could occur, and what constituted an audience. I found an unusual environment: an area where garbage and water had collected because of the…