Sounds fascinating Barry - thanks for those links! I look forward to
your report.
xA
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I can remember wanting to attend Marina Abramovic's 2005 event at the Guggenheim
> Museum in NYC, but despite having witnessed 3.5 hour talks by Buckminster Fuller, 4
> hour musical environments by LaMonte Young & Marian Zazeela, & 4.5 hour films by
> Michael Snow, I didn't think I had the endurance for these enduring performances. Now
> I'm lucky enough to gain convenient access tonight at 8 PM dans la corps de James
> Smithson to a ninety minute filmic distillation of it by the ideal shooter/editor/director of
> this material, Babette Mangolte.
>
> www.seveneasypieces.com
>
> I recommend in particular the texts about each of the performances available thru the "7
> Easy Performances" option at this website as well as Babette Mangolte's articulation of
> her strategies at
>
> www.babettemangolte.com
>
> I've already published two texts via Marina Abramovic and am planning a "writing
> performance" within this film.
>
>
> Barry Alpert
>
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