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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…
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…
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…
lecture/demonstration
In 1973 at the University Art Museum Berkeley I made a demonstration about intention. I called it “lecture/demonstration” because I meant it to be instructional. I outlined a square area with masking tape on the floor of the museum’s central open…
Levitation
I wanted to create a space that was conducive to levitation. The first thing I did was to cover the sixty by thirty foot floor with white paper and to tape white paper on the walls. The floor had been dark but it became such a brilliant white that if…
Listening to the 80s: Inside/Outside
A twelve-hour event consisting of three actions repeated once every hour by the participants.
Each action:
Sitting - 1/2 hour
Walking - 15 minutes
Singing Past Guilts -15 minutes
These were performed in unison. The first two actions,…
Each action:
Sitting - 1/2 hour
Walking - 15 minutes
Singing Past Guilts -15 minutes
These were performed in unison. The first two actions,…
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)
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…
Long John Servil vs. Long John Silver
Fried, assisted by crutches, wove his way through the gridded streets of San Francisco from sunset to sunrise as the passive yet happy-go-lucky Long John Silver; then, from sunrise to sunset he portrayed the more willful Long John Servil, carrying a…
Lying in a Crib for Three Hours Listening to My Mother Talk About Me As An Infant
For three hours I laid in a baby crib and listened to tapes of my mother talking about me as an infant.It was All Souls Day and our dog Chicken died as I was performing. (Montano 1981, pages unnumbered)
In Death and Birth: A Crib Event [sic], she…