No Earth/No Earth Station (Performance) (1982-83)
No Earth/No Earth Station is a metaphor for a state of suspension, global and individual, during extraordinary and trying times. Survival is the concern. Investigation, growth, healing, relationship and consciousness are the keys.
“We are in a holding pattern – there will be Earth again”
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Exhibition sites and dates:
- 2nd Intermedia Arts Festival, Corroboree Gallery, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City Iowa, Oct. 23, 1982
- L.A. Country Museum of Art, Bing Theater, LA, CA July 26, 1983 – click here for program/flyer
Components of piece:
- Live performance, color video (3 channels pre-record and 3 live cameras interactive with live chroma key), 4 channels of audio, 4 monitors, 3 video projectors, chroma key wall with doors, fish tanks, dry ice, chairs, traction devices, lab coat costumes, sunglasses, Tesla coil, vegetables and scalpel.
Documentation:
- Video, slides, prints
- Source of Photos:
- Tom Vinetz (LA Louver Gallery)
- LACMA documentation (20th Century Art Collection)
Reviews:
- ARTWEEK, “Art & Techno Consciousness”, 10/1/83, vol. 14 #32 by Jackie Apple, p. 16
- ART-COM, “Present Tense/Rites of Passage”, Fall ‘83, Vol. 6, #22, by Michael Nash, pp. 26-28
- HIGH PERFORMANCE, “Ïnfinite Transition”, ’83 Vol. 6, #24, by Michael Nash pp. 57-58
- NOTES IN THE DARK, “…Performance Is ‘Up In The Air'”, 1983 by Michael Nash