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Floating Seminar #2/A Survey of Alternative Art Spaces in San Francisco
This is Floating seminar #2, A Survey of Alternative Art Spaces. First of all I think I’d better define what we mean by “alternative art space,” because we don’t want any confusion (about that). We had a group discussion about…
Splitting the Axis
Performance Proposal: Splitting the Axis The performance will consist of a single action on a vertical axis at point A on the diagram. Two men will climb a wood pole using metal lineman’s spurs and beginning at the top, thirty five feet above…
Chair installation
Installation including furniture attached to ceiling, Acconci’s voice on audiotape, projected light. (Foley 1980: 181)
Nursing Home
I announced to friends that I was available for home nursing.(Montano 1981, pages unnumbered)
Floating Seminar #1/Art as Theory as Art
In order to promote communication in the Bay Area art community and to provide an informal public situation for airing opinions about various issues, I propose to organize a “Floating Seminar” series. The program is designed to supplement the vast…
Addressing the Mayor
Presented a proposal for a model of the farm to the Office of Community Development Hearing and Mayor Alioto in her roles as “The Administrator” and “The Politician”. (Foley 1980: 159)
The Montano-Payne Victorian Museum
I declared our house a museum and gave tours as different people, chosen by the person viewing the house. Notices were sent to papers advertising the tours. (Montano 1981, pages unnumbered)
Probe
The performance space was divided into a light half and a dark half. I began the performance by standing in the dark half, and kicking a ball into the light half of the space against the back wall. With each successive kick of the ball, I shortened…
Location Project #10: Paramount Theater Oakland
The site for the Location Project will be the south wall of the Paramount Theater as seen from 20th Street. I’ve been checking out the building and find it’s a good one to work with. The projector will be located across the street at…
Drum Brush Lecture
I made my first drum brush drawings in 1972 and I continue to make these drawings, which are inspired by the automatic writing of the surrealist movement. The drawings are the result of rubbing and beating with steel wire drum brushes ( like jazz…