Performance by Grupa TOK, Serbia (1973)
Tag Archives: action
Sharon Hayes
Sharon Hayes, ‘In the Near Future’ (2009)
In the Near Future is a staged set of anachronistic and speculative protest actions in an investigation into the figure of the protester, the speech act of the protest sign and the contemporary political construction of public space and public speech.
Robert Smithson & Nancy Holt
‘Swamp’, a film by Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt (1969)
Robert Smithson said of the film :”it’s about deliberate obstructions or calculated aimlessness”. This was attained by having Holt walk through the swamp while simultaneously filming, only seeing where she was walking by looking through the lens of her Bolex camera, as Smithson gave her verbal instructions which he recorded as he spoke them.
Cory Arcangel
Cory Arcangel, ‘Permanent Vacation’ (2008)
Two computers hooked up to the Internet, sending “Out-Of-Office”-Email responses to each other.
Michael Crowe & Lenka Clayton
‘Mysterious Letters‘, by Michael Crowe and Lenka Clayton, is a large scale writing project with the goal of sending a letter to everyone in the world.
In November 2009, 620 letters were sent to each home in Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, USA.
Sietes
The Sietes (sevens) village in northern Spain, painted in the trademark palette of Windows 7,
to coincide with the launch of the new operating system. (2009)
Photos by Jacinta Lluch Valero
Gordon Matta-Clark
Gordon Matta-Clark, ‘Window Blow-Out’ (1976), Document of action, 8 black-and-white photographs
Window Blow-Out shows a derelict housing project in the Bronx with its windows bursted out. In the performance, the artist shot at the windows of the empty building with a BB gun.
Ryan Gander
Ryan Gander, ‘Bauhaus revisited’ (2003)
Bauhaus chess-set from 1924 designed by Josef Hartwig, reproduced in blacklisted Zebrawood from the African rainforest.
