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A Circular Route
The performance took place in an empty warehouse approximately 40’ wide, 80’ long and 25’ high. Upon entering the space, you saw concentric circles measuring 25’ in diameter composed of words written in heavy chalk on the floor. The circles were…
Deliberately False Statements:A Combination of Tricks and Illusions Guaranteed to Expose Shrewd Manipulations of Fact
Deliberately False Statements: A Combination of Tricks and Illusions Guaranteed to Expose Shrewd Manipulations of Fact was a totally irresponsible performance that took place at a parking lot in the South-of-Market area of San Francisco. “The…
I’m An Ass Man
Karen Finley demurely entered the performance area, wearing a 60’s beaded evening gown with an empire waist. Clearing her throat, she requested a glass of wine, which she politely accepted and dashed to the floor with a shriek, beginning the…
OH, A BEAR!
The performance work of De Cointet (with Mary Ann Duganne, Monica Tenner, and Jane Zingale), involved props and spoken texts. The rehearsed texts are memorized or read, but always acted out in a dramatic fashion, borrowing form the theatre some of…
Slide Lecture
Acconci presented extensive slide recapitulations of his installation work of this decade, which have not involved his in-person participation. He stated that he felt his presence restricted the nature of his older pieces, and he felt the need to…
The Waitress, Act V, Andy's Donuts
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. (Burnham and Sherk 1981: 66)
Killing a Painting
Scene: The painting “Self-portrait as Pigpen” is wedged into an area between two buildings. It is fairly dark. Over the face in the painting is a white handkerchief. On the ground in front of the painting are two brushes, a jar of…
Assured Destructive Capability
An omni-directional slash in the face at Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev, to which the Consulate General of Red China was invited. (Survival Research Laboratories 2013)
Bill Edmonson: Not long after Machine Sex, you did a piece called Assured…
Machine Sex
Machine Sex was done at a Chevron gas station, shortly after an OPEC price rise. I had built this de-manufacturing machine that was like a giant food processor, called The Shredder, It was made out of a big triangular shaped drum, with a plexi-gears…
Windows
The piece took place inside the display windows of the J.C. Penny building, downtown San Francisco, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The audience was anyone who happened to be walking by on the street.
I painted the windows black on the inside. About…
I painted the windows black on the inside. About…