Performance artists talking in the eighties : sex, food, money/fame, ritual/death / compiled by Linda M. Montano.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Montano, Linda, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance artists--United States--Interviews.

Performance artists.

Performance art--United States.

Performance art.

United States.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xvi, 537 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]

Summary:

Performance artist Linda M. Montano, curious about the influence childhood experience has on adult work, invited other performance artists to consider how early events associated with sex, food, money/fame, or ritual/death resurfaced in their later work. The result is an original and compelling "talking performance" that documents the production of art in an important and often misunderstood community.

Among the more than 100 artists Montano interviewed from 1979 to 1989 are John Cage, Suzanne Lacy, Faith Ringgold, Dick Higgins, Annie Sprinkle, Allan Kaprow, Meredith Monk, Eric Bogosian, Adrian Piper, Karen Finley, and Kim Jones. Her discussions with them focus on the relationship between art and life, history and memory, the individual and society, and the potential for individual and social change. The interviews highlight complex issues in performance art, including the role of identity in performer-audience relationships and art as an exploration of everyday conventions rather than a demonstration of virtuosity.

Angelika Festa's introduction explores Montano's gradual discovery of the value of her own voice and life experiences. Each section of the book opens with an essay (Christine Tamblyn on sex, Moira Roth on food, Laura Cottingham on money/fame, and Lucy R. Lippard on ritual/death), and Kristine Stiles's afterword provides a historical context for the interviews.

Contents:

Introduction: Shall We Talk? Linda M. Montano Performs Autobiographical Voices / Angelika Festa 1

Part 1 Sex

Vito Acconci 40

Philip Corner 44

Paul Cotton 48

Karen Finley 51

Vanalyne Green 55

Lynn Hershman 60

Dick Higgins 66

Laurel Klick 73

Steven Kolpan 76

Jill Kroesen 81

Robert Kushner 84

Minnette Lehmann 88

Lydia Lunch 90

Paul McCarthy 96

Tim Miller 100

Frank Moore and Linda Mac 105

Vernita Nemec 109

Pat Oleszko 113

Carolee Schneemann 118

Barbara Smith 124

Annie Sprinkle and Veronica Vera 130

Hannah Wilke 137

Part 2 Food

Jerri Allyn 153

Nancy Barber 157

John Cage 160

Angelika Festa 161

Howard Fried 166

Joan Jonas 168

Alison Knowles 172

Leslie Labowitz 175

Suzanne Lacy 178

Les Levine 180

Antoni Miralda 185

Susan Mogul 190

Faith Ringgold 192

Rachel Rosenthal 198

Martha Rosler 201

Richard Schechner 205

Bonnie Sherk 211

Stuart Sherman 213

Anne Tardos and Jackson Mac Low 216

Part 3 Money/fame

Eleanor Antin 232

Robert Ashley 236

Bob and Bob 241

Eric Bogosian 242

Nancy Buchanan 248

Linda Frye Burnham 251

Papo Colo 255

Lowell Darling 261

Steven Durland 264

Simone Forti 268

Mel Henderson 273

Julia Heyward 276

Mikhail Horowitz 282

Allan Kaprow 287

Tom Marioni 292

Meredith Monk 294

Jim Pomeroy 300

Willoughby Sharp 304

Michael Smith 311

Martin Von Haselberg 314

Martha Wilson 316

Part 4 Ritual/death

Marina Abramovic and Ulay 329

Helene Aylon 337

Chris Burden 343

John Cage 347

Ping Chong 349

George Coates 354

Betsy Damon 356

Terry Fox 361

Cheri Gaulke 362

Alex Grey 365

Deborah Hay 369

Geoffrey Hendricks 373

Donna Henes 376

Kim Jones 382

Alistair MacLennan 385

Ann Magnuson 386

Ruth Maleczech 390

Paul McMahon 392

Ana Mendieta 394

Hermann Nitsch 399

Lorraine O'Grady 400

Morgan O'Hara 407

Pauline Oliveros 413

Adrian Piper 416

Jerome Rothenberg 422

Brian Routh 430

Robert Schuler 435

Theodora Skipitares 437

Stelarc 442

Elaine Summers 448

Fiona Templeton 451

Mierle Laderman Ukeles 454

William Wegman 460

Paul Zaloom 461

Ellen Zweig 467

Afterword: Quicksilver and Revelations: Performance Art at the End of the Twentieth Century / Kristine Stiles 473.

Notes:

"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0520210212

0520210220

OCLC:

44468787