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Garage Talk
For three days I talked to everyone who went by my garage. I was there from nine am to five pm. (Montano 1981, pages unnumbered)
Becoming a Bell Ringer for the Salvation Army
I became a Salvation Army bell ringer during the Christmas season. I sent out announcements to friends who visited me. (Montano 1981, pages unnumbered)
The Screaming Nun
I dressed as a nun, danced, screamed, and heard confessions at Embarcadero Plaza. (Montano 1981, pages unnumbered)
Hypnosis, Dream, Sleep
For three hours I slept and dreamt in the Berkeley Art Museum. Whenever I had a dream, I would sing it into an amplification system.
Objects in the environment:
Chicken feathers
Cooked food
Uncooked chicken
A foam pad
Sheets
A baby…
Objects in the environment:
Chicken feathers
Cooked food
Uncooked chicken
A foam pad
Sheets
A baby…
Rose Mountain Walking Club
I formed a walking club, sent out announcements and gave tours of San Francisco. (Montano 1981, pages unnumbered)
Living Art: Time Spent Artfully Alone or Not Alone
For four days, Pauline Oliveros, Nina Wise and I lived together and called that time art. Each of us had a separate environment and we laid motionless for long periods of time in the environment. (Montano 1981, pages unnumbered)
There Have Been Some Pretty Wild Rumors About Me Lately and I Just Wanted to Set the record Straight
This performance took the form of an oral narrative in which I revealed the truth of certain startling crisis events in my personal life which formed the basis of many wild rumors. Except for the one evening, no record, written or otherwise, of this…
Push Wall
AV: What would you see as your earliest body work?
TF: The Push Wall piece. It was like having a dialogue with the wall, exchanging energy with it. I pushed as hard as I could for about eight or nine minutes, until I was too tired to push anymore. I…
Red Sunday
Performance with Karen Finley involving the manipulation and destruction of props which ends when all the props are destroyed. (Labat 2005: 198)
Terminal Gym
Labat became a licensed boxer in the State of California for the period of one year. The project culminated in a debut bout within an evening card of professional boxing. A video P.O.V. (Point of View), documents the project. (Labat 2005: 199)
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