Martha Wilson, From Presenter to Preserver, artist"s talk, 2009. re.act.feminism - performance art of the 1960s and 70s today, Conference and Live Performances, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Martha Wilson
From Presenter to Preserver: Martha Wilson reviews 30 years of events and their documentation
Martha Wilson (*1947, USA) is an artist whose first performances were for an audience of one – her Pentax camera. She began her artistic career in 1971 while teaching English at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Canada. She moved to New York in 1974, where she performed for real audiences at The Kitchen, the Whitney Museum, P.S.1 and countless other venues. In 1978, she founded the all-female punk band
DISBAND
. None of the members could play an instrument, and DISBAND disbanded in 1982. After this, Wilson turned to political satire, performing as Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush and Tipper Gore, to name a few of her personas. Martha Wilson was also the founder and director of Franklin Furnace (since 1976), an art event space and archive specialising in process oriented art.
artist's website:
www.marthawilson.com
In her talk, Wilson shows the steamy side of the avant-garde, with a focus on the artists Karen Finley and Annie Sprinkle, as well as other Bad Grrrls.
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Audio Document
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Artist's Talk
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2009
To be seen in
re.act.feminism - performance art of the 1960s and 70s today, Conference and Live Performances, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 25.1.2009 / 3:15 pm
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Laura Cottingham
Martha Wilson (WIL 1)
Martha Wilson (WIL 2)
DISBAND
Annie Sprinkle
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