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In Transit
Sapien’s wrapped body was suspended for four hours. Passers-by were unaware of identity and form.(Foley 1980: 141)
Diffusion Capsule
Lived in two rooms connected by a small tunnel for several days. Set up different rules for behavior in each space and then attempted to subvert them.(Foley 1980: 145)
Crime in the Streets: A Performance About Survival in the City
This was a street performance depicting a series of violent crimes against innocent and powerless victims. Among the crimes were rape, murder, suicide, and lynching. The city itself was identified as a voracious predator consuming its weakest…
Portrait of the Artist X 3
Taking place amongst the ruins of a demolished amusement park this three part performance drew a portrait of the artist at three crucial stages of development. The learning stage where the artist masters his skills, the middle period of hard work and…
A participation piece by Willoughby Sharp Opening the Museum of Conceptual Art
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Sitting Still I
In 1970, I was exploring the nature of performance and the diverse environments, created or found, in which it could occur, and what constituted an audience. I found an unusual environment: an area where garbage and water had collected because of the…
Sitting Still II
In a series of performance entitled Sitting Still, Sherk created eloquent images of solitude, speaking to her viewers through the sheer power of her presence and sensitizing them to the particular site chosen for each work. This series took place in…
Sitting Still II
In a series of performance entitled Sitting Still, Sherk created eloquent images of solitude, speaking to her viewers through the sheer power of her presence and sensitizing them to the particular site chosen for each work. This series took place in…
Snowjob
The San Francisco Museum of Art invited me to do a series for them, and I decided to create a Snowjobwhich would relate to the whole city as well as the Museum. For that piece, I brought 6,000 pounds of snow into the City and placed piles in the…
Adaqtation and Imbulgence, part two, a narration
With this piece I took the idea of indulgence more literally, and created a piece about selfishness, or self-fullness. At that time, in the early Seventies, there was a ot of talk about a certain kind of artist being very self-indulgent, I think you…