Doug and I are driving back from work, Monday night, drinking beer and talking about art ideas to come, things yet to do. We park in front of Doug’s house, full of enthusiasm and after a visit from the muses, we’ve just had the art idea…
I began the evening watching television, smoking and drinking beer. The other artists were preparing their pieces. People were filling the museum and my activity went almost unnoticed. After about an hour I got up and went around the room turning off…
The first performance I did as an art performance was at Berkeley in 1969 [sic], for The Eighties show at the old Berkeley Museum. It was the defoliation of jasmine plants […] It was specifically designed for the people that I knew would be there […]…