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Learning to Talk
I lived in a classroom as five different people, changing clothes everyday. A video camera monitored my events and projected the image to the next room.
Each day I made a three hour drawing as a different person.
I was silent during the…
Each day I made a three hour drawing as a different person.
I was silent during the…
King's Meditation
The King came first, when I wanted to see what my male self would be like, who he would be. And I realized my bearded self was a king – a dead ringer for Charlie One – and kings must have a country, a kingdom – even if a lost one. He became my…
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…
Kidnap Attempt
Lowell Darling, the artist, was running for governor of California in 1978. I think it’s important to mention that Jello Biafra from the Dead Kennedys was running for mayor of San Francisco in 1978. I grew up with strong political beliefs, and…
Kearny St Project: Department of Art works
The Department of Art Works constructs art on the streets in the same manner as other construction companies, though for different purposes. Leland Fletcher, responsible for a show consisting of many construction sites around San Francisco, feels the…
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.…
Jump
During office working hours, I drove around San Francisco’s high-rise financial district. (Bustos 1979: 59)
International Dinner Party
In another highly organized and publicized mass event, International Dinner Party, Lacy intermeshed the intimate character of early performance within a public setting. She contacted over a thousand women around the world by mail, asking them to…
Installation at his house
Bearing an address rather than a title, David Ireland’s major project of the past five years is an endeavor of distinctly personal archeology and architectural preservation. In 1975 Ireland became the third owner of a two-story Victorian house at 500…
In Transit
Sapien’s wrapped body was suspended for four hours. Passers-by were unaware of identity and form.(Foley 1980: 141)