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Exhibition: Performance Festival 1973
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Curator(s): San Francisco Art Institute Museum Techniques Class
Participants: Richard Alpert, Stephen Laub, Jim Melchert, Linda Montano, Bonnie Sherk.
Exhibition: Young Bay Area Sculptors
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Curator(s): Not known.
Participants: Howard Fried, John Woodall, Stan Askew, Richard Berger, John C Fernie, Robert Kinmont, Karen Kline, Phil Pasquini, Elliot Ross, Mike Stevens, Gigi Vandernoot.
Exhibition: 1975-76 Art Institute Annual
The San Francisco Art Institute had an annual exhibition every year that was important to the community because artists curated it. It was called the Art Institute Annual, and it was usually a month-long exhibition. In 1976 it was literally an…
Artists at Work
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Diffusion Capsule
Lived in two rooms connected by a small tunnel for several days. Set up different rules for behavior in each space and then attempted to subvert them.(Foley 1980: 145)
In Transit
Sapien’s wrapped body was suspended for four hours. Passers-by were unaware of identity and form.(Foley 1980: 141)
The Story of My Life
For three hours, noon to three, on a Wednesday, I walked uphill on a treadmill while telling the story of my life into an amplification system which slightly echoed the sound.
I wore a blue prom dress over my clothes, had dye on my teeth and wore a…
I wore a blue prom dress over my clothes, had dye on my teeth and wore a…
Ghost Tower
Beginning at 8:00 PM OCTOBER 27 1978 at the San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut Richard Irwin will perform an action taking place in SFAI TOWER. The entire action may be witnessed LIVE via Video on a monitor located inside STUDIO 10 (inside…
Synthetic Ritual
Opposing forces, represented by two performers painted opposite colors, emerge from walls at either end of a room. Blindfolded and connected to ropes extending from the walls they meet at the center of the room inside a circle of steer manure where…
Which Hunt
Maze-like environment for participants dealing with frustration and anger. (Foley 1980: 144)