Interventions, Performances, and Artist-led Public Projects performed or directed by Chris Sollars to subvert private and public situations.
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307 Outlaws
April, 2022
Luminous Brewing Sheridan, WY
Intergenerational cross political alt country rock band in Sheridan, WY.
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Trap
April 2022
San Francisco CA
Personification of a Trap sung as it is dragged down the road in Wyoming.
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Beard Wyoming
April 2022
Beard clipped and left on the snowy banks of Piney Creek in Wyoming. |
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$ollar$ Record Release
Knockout - Dec 14, 2022
San Francisco CA
$ollar$ record release show with PunishMENt and Luck and other Revenants.
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| 2021 |
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Stop
June 21, 2021
San Francisco CA
Roaving stop sign posts up on various street corners.
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Egzoz
Kirli Depot - Nov 27, 2021
Istanbul, Turkey
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Egzoz
Woodstock Kadıköy - Nov 20, 2021
Istanbul, Turkey
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Egzoz
The Wall Taksim - Oct 29, 2021
Istanbul, Turkey
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Gözleme
Gate 27 - Nov 28, 2021
Istanbul, Turkey
The process of making and cooking gözleme on convex saç pans was translated to a series of drawn steps like a cookbook. As a group of friends we cooked, ate, and performed Gözleme together using the saç pans as cymbals, and kindling as drum sticks.
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$ollar$
Toxic Beach - July 18, 2021
San Francisco CA
Solo Set of $ollars with the band Years.
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| 2020 |
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💀ture
Day of Noise - Feb 8, 2020 4:00-4:20-4:30am
KZSU Radio Stanford University Collaboration with Lee Lavy
Live Video Soundtrack to the Noise of the corona virus, impeachment, primaries, Australias Fires, melting glaciers brought on by Global Warming followed by 420 Marsupial Love. #skullture #dayofnoise
⛓🦠🧟♂️🧱🕳🚨📝✂️🔥🌊🌲🐨🦘🌬🥁🎸🎚 🔊💀ture⛓� 🔊💀ture⛓
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💀ture
Halloween - Oct 31, 2019
Vacation SF Larkin St SF, CA
with Rip Room, Mayya, & Kyle Ranson
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
Trump Sacrfice Effigy as we play a Spooky set.
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💀ture
ANTI GUN VIOLENCE PROTEST SHOW - Sept 28, 2019
101 Freeway Pedestrian Landbridge at Faith St and Bayshore SF, CA - Collaboration with Lee Lavy
American Flag Distress Signal with skulls in place of stars and ANTI AR15 Banner Drop over the 101 freeway during Saturday gridlock.
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I Wish I Was A Hole in The Ground
Sept 11, 2019 SOMARTS 4WAVES
Utilizing Bascom Lamar Lunsford's I Wish I Was A Mole in the Ground for the hole within and upon the American Landscape. Backpack Amp, Pipe, Mic, and Delay pedal.
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💀ture
BART TOUR - July 20, 2019
Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland and 16th St Bart in SF, CA - Collaboration with Lee Lavy
Roll the Skull to and on BART with beats as we ride the rail and shows in public space.
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💀ture
Diagnol Mints, Mutt, and Goof - June 22, 2019
Knockout , SF, CA
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
with Fake Fruit - May 25, 2019
Sea Star, SF, CA
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
with Cindy, Sutros, Grace Sings Sludge- May 2, 2019
Eagle, SF, CA
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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Fill Workshop
May 1, 2019
Series of instructions carried out by Amy Balkins CCA sculpture class on the Fill of San Francisco in the Dogpatch.
Descent - Gravity above Sea Level.
On Fill - Self 2 Fill.
Warm Water Cove - Observe Connect Represent.
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💀ture
Radio Beach with Blood - April 7, 2019
Bay Bridge Toll Booth, Oakland, CA
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
Shame Waves &Fuckwolf - March 30, 2019
Benders, SF, CA
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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| 2018 |
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💀ture
Space 2 Breathe with Sofie Ramos- Dec 28, 2018
Fort Mason Art Center SF, CA
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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Pothole Beard
Feb 18, 2018
Beard transplant to pothole Sat Feb18 at 23rd and Minnesota st #concretedream #faceplant #narcissus
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💀ture
Halloween - Oct 27, 2018
Warehouse 3rd St SF, CA
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
Bridge with Pacoima Techno - Oct 14, 2018
Glendale Hyperion Bridge Los Angeles, CA
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
Silos - Oct 13, 2018
Bread & Salt San Diego, CA
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
Vs Keepers - Oct 12, 2018
Terros Gallery, San Diego, CA
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
Bomb Shelter Radio - Sept 15, 2018
Growlery SF
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
HEMLOCK TAVERN w/ Fuckwolf & Sutros
Sept 9, 2018
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
Heavy Skullture - Aug 25, 2018
The Midway SF
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
Lite Skullture - Aug 25, 2018
Kunst Capades Romero Young Gallery
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
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💀ture
By The Book - July 15, 2018
Ever Gold [Projects] SF Art Book Fair
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
Songs about Art and Books.
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💀ture
Live Acconci- April 27, 2018
Abondoned Pier SF
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
Live Acconci for the anniversary of Vito Acconci's death. RIP. First song Acconci played blindfolded after Acconci.
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💀ture
JK JC - April 1, 2018
Mt. Davidson
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
April Fools Day Easter Sunday at Mt. Davidson in view of the Giant cement Cross as seen in the film Dirty Harry.
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💀ture
Roll Up - Jan 13, 2018
1240 Minnesota St.
• Untitled Art Fair
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
Garage Door Roll up on to the street.
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| 2017 |
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💀ture
DARKNESS IS POWER - DEC 17, 2017
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
💀ture is the sculpture band of Chris Sollars & Lee Lavy. Started in the wake of Nov.2016, 💀ture rides the melt of political failure and climate destruction. FIRST SHOW: Last New Moon 2017: Sunday Dec 17 Warm Water Cove at Sunset. Follow 💀ture
INSTAGRAM
SONGKICK
SOUNDCLOUD
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Goatscapes
July 22, 2017
Jewish Folktales Retold: Artist as Maggid, Goatscapes follows a goat with a bell as it roams through a variety of locations from rural to urban, industrial to residential, low income housing to condos, developed to empty lots around the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. Watch Making Of
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Beard Jetty
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake
March 2017
Jetty formed from Beard shaved at the Spiral Jetty. |
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Moon to Solstice
Collaboration with Alison Pebworth
Wildlands Artist Residency Sonoma, CA
June 25, 2017
22 day collaboration between Alison Pebworth & Chris Sollars.
Event was a walk through our days at Wildlands through drink, drawing, spaces, and video. |
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Bay Cycle 2016
Collaboration with Nolan Jankowski
Collaboration with Nolan Jankowski riding the entire shore of the
San Francisco Bay and producing a series of works. |
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Tree & Turf
Collaboration with Lee Lavy
Tree and Turf traverse from the bottom of dried up Lake Oroville Resevoir across the Dam to Oroville the nearest town. |
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Heavy Breathing 2016 #6 "State of Drought" with Chris Sollars
Berkeley Art Museum
A series of motions to physically internalize living in a state of drought in 21st century California. Our bodies will hold the water, move the water, heat the water, drink the water, and melt the water.
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Swimmer Streakers
Oakland Museum CA - Jan 30, 2016 - Swimmer Streakers: Ethan Caflisch, Haegen Crosby, Matt Shapiro, Tim Kopra
Swimmers in speedos Streak thru the Oakland Museum of California galleries, leading a crowd from the lower level to upper level showcasing Chris Sollars' The Swimmer. |
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Fountains of SFMOMA
Arthur Allan on Marcel Duchamp
@SFMOMA - July 29, 2016
Arthur Allan Live Video feed a tour of the Fountains of SFMOMA to ipads next to Duchamp's Fountain. Arthur starts at the top Allan starts at the bottom. Part of the 50 Artists: Arthur Allan on Marcel Duchamp. Watch Audience Video |
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Disrupt: Open Engagement
Collaboration with Kate Pruitt, Elizabeth Bennett, & Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo @OMCA
A talk on historical disruption tactics from art and protest to Bay Area tech companies, that gets disrupted throughout the presentation unbeknownst to the audience. |
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Plastered
February 2015
Cutting off my beard with a utility knife and plastering it in the wall.
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Clothes Contact: Wheeled Conveyance Ghost Sign
August 2015
Former Clothes Contact By The Pound store sign from 16th and Valencia is rebuilt into wheeled conveyance and returned to its former residence.
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Water Shed
San Francisco Summer 2014
is a series of performances that lead viewers to water thru the physical properties within the city of San Francisco that both comprise and compromise the watershed. Watershed is composed of: Creek Walks (Lead to Water) and Water Shed (On the Water).
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Islais Creek 4 Man Walk
San Francisco May 10, 2014
Creek Walks (Lead to Water): 1 City Block Length of Rope carried along and over both the existing and hidden creek paths of San Francisco from Spring to Bay following the path of least resistance. The Watershed Crew wearing orange Life vests walk each creek before the group walk.
Islais Creek Walk (5 miles)
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Islais Creek Walk
San Francisco June 1, 2014
5 mile Islais Creek walk from Glen Park Canyon to Islais Creek Channel with a city block length of rope and 40 people.
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Islais Creek Water Shed Camp & Row
San Francisco May 31 - June 1, 2014
Overnight Camping and Fishing on Islais Creek May 31- June 1, 2014.
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Mission Creek 5 Man Walk
San Francisco June 7, 2014
Watershed Crew preliminary 4 mile Mission Creek walk from 18th and Market St. to Mission Bay with a city block length of rope.
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Mission Creek Walk
San Francisco June 21, 2014
Mission Creek Walk (4 miles) from McLaren Park to Candlestick Point (Yosemite Slough) with a city block length of rope and 40 people.
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Yosemite Creek 4 Man Walk
San Francisco June 14, 2014
Yosemite Creek Walk (2.8 miles) from McLaren Park to Candlestick Point (Yosemite Slough) with a city block length of rope.
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Yosemite Creek Walk
San Francisco June 28, 2014
Yosemite Creek Walk (2.8 miles) from McLaren Park to Candlestick Point (Yosemite Slough) with a city block length of rope and 45 people.
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Yosemite Creek Water Shed Camp & Row
San Francisco June 27 -28, 2014
Overnight Camp and Fishing on Yosemite Creek June 27 - 28, 2014.
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Spit Shine
San Francisco October 1, 2014
Collaboration with Gregorio Figueroa & Ash Higginson
Three person crew cleaning a curb with spit and toothbrushes in the Financial District of San Francisco next to the Pacific Stock Exchange. |
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Bag v1
San Francisco October 2014
1 bag / 1 person performance on the street.
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Shoreline
San Francisco Spring 2013
Walk of entire San Francisco coastline from Candlestick Point to Ocean Beach drawing a line with found
driftwood Rudder.
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The Swimmer
San Francisco 2013
Sollars revisits John Cheever's short story The Swimmer, traversing his way across San Francisco from Bay to Ocean via a network of pools and fountains in a Speedo.
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86d
Islais Creek
Refurbished 86'd Kayak paddled from Islais Creek homeless camp to Larry Ellison's Yacht docked at the mouth of San Francisco Bay to tag his boat with the # 86, during the 2013 America's Cup.
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Drum & Stairs
SFMOMA
June 2, 2013 1:30 AM
Chris Sollars on Stairs featuring Mads Lynnerup on Drums
Chris provides live video feed of the stairs for drummer Mads. Performance for SFMOMA Future Countdown Live, developed around the removal of the stairs. WATCH on Vimeo
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Lemon Song: Andreas Slominski remake
do it (outside)
Socrates Sculpture Park & Independent Curators International
Sunday May 13, 2013
Instruction - Andreas Slominski: Tip a bicycle seat so that the front points upwards and use the seat to squeeze lemons.
WATCH on Vimeo
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Coffee & Donuts
Utilizing this former Mission Police Station as a set, Sollars will activate the former station through actions, sculpture, and taste and make the inaccessible areas of the home visible through video.
Watch
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Coffee
Coffee made with water gathered from around the station will be served with Bulleit Bourbon after the San Francisco film Bullitt.
(with performer Larisa Minerva) |
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Donuts
Homemade Donuts made in the kitchen in collaboratioin with chef Suzanne Drexhage. Donuts are served after a confession is taken by Donut Enforcer Fred Kolouch. |
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Pacific Puddle Pedal
Pacific Puddle Pedal 2011-2012 documents a jarred street puddle pedaled to and exchanged with Pacific Ocean water to make a salt water puddle on the street. |
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the Missing Pig
Instructions:
version 1.
Cook Bacon, do not serve.
version 2.
Cook Bacon, do not serve, hide in front of live camera feed and transmit bacon image sporadically. |
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Whiskey Waxing Competition 2012
Comstock Saloon
November 28, 2012
Welcome to the 2012 Whiskey Waxing Beard & Mustache Competition. Whiskey Waxing is a San Francisco Bay Area competition celebrating local hairy talent on the old Barbary Coast. Contestants judged on their form & ability to sip whiskey or tea.
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Digger Bread Bakery
OPENrestaurant @ Berkeley Art Museum
August 27, 2011
Artist Chris Sollars , Steve Sullivan from Acme Bakery and James Whitehead from Fist of Flour bake Digger bread in cans while David Simpson and Jane Lapiner recount stories from their experience as Diggers.
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Pile of Trash
San Diego
July 15 2011
The Trash walks through downtown San Diego.
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Shave
July 2011
Shaving my beard with a razor sharp axe amongst the redwoods.
Based on a shaving performance from 1998.
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Whiskey Waxing
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
July 30, 2011
Get your Beard Mustache waxed into Sculpture while sipping whiskey drinks served by Comstock Saloon with Rag Time by Will Billy. A Twist of the Stache to San Francisco's Past
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Whiskey Waxing Competition 2011
Comstock Saloon
August 15, 2011
Welcome to the 2011 Whiskey Waxing Beard & Mustache Competition. Whiskey Waxing is a San Francisco Bay Area competition celebrating local hairy talent on the old Barbary Coast. Contestants judged on their form & ability to sip whiskey or tea.
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2929 A Double Take
A New Museum
Jan 1-10 2010
2929 is an exhibition using A NEW MUSEUM's address as a double take. Left Window: Motorcycle helmet with super man sticker smashed through glass window.
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Head
Ribbons in UKIAH
June 2010
I was buried up to my neck for 3.5 hours next to a buried pig. Once the pig was finished cooking and unearthed by artist and Chez Panisse chef Jerome Waag I came out of the ground. Watch |
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ONO SCREAM MOMA
MOMA
Sept 2010
SCREAMS for Yoko Ono's Voice Piece for Soprano |
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| 2009 |
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Behind, Beside, Inside
from
ARTHUR ALLAN
Hallway Projects
Hallway Projects for ARTHUR ALLAN
at 667Shotwell performances by Allan at Arthur's, Re-Projection of Arthur's Living space at Allan's. |
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Tarp |
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Time in a Bottle |
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2007 |
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Tiger Wack
Chinatown Los Angeles, CA
In collaboration with Kottie Paloma and Archie Mckay |
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2006 |
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Kimono
News
Tokyo Japan
With help from Charlie Canfield, Yoshinori Niwa, and others. |
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Bansai Beard
Tokyo Japan |
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Follow
the Leader
Yerba Buena Museum
In collaboration with Alison Pebworth, Henrik Lebuhn, Jerome Waag, Mark Shunney, and Megan Saperstein |
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Detourned Menu: Flavor of Democracy
In collaboration with Jerome Waag.
curated by Brianna Toth
October 20, 2006 - November 11, 2006
The Lab, San Francisco, CA
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SF DRIFT
In collaboration with Charlie Canfield, Jos Pollard, Takuro Kotaka, Yoshinori Niwa
San Francisco, CA |
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Sidewalk News SF
Reading the news and spreading out on the sidewalk in collaboration with Charlie Canfield, Jos Pollard, Takuro Kotaka, and Yoshinori Niwa
San Francisco, CA |
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Tokyo DRIFT
In collaboration with Takuro Kotaka, Yoshinori Niwa, and others.
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Pile of Trash
Downtown San Francisco, CA September 2005 |
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Pile of Trash LA
Los Angeles, CA |
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Melt the Pot - Jerome Waag @ 667Shotwell
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January 1, 2005 taste the flavor of democracy. All present will
participate in preparation and cooking, creating an original recipe
for a truly civic dish. Each step of the process will be decided
by the people and written into the Recipe/Constitution. The media
will be present to document this experiment in democracy. Good
for the constitution! Cooked by the People for the People! |
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Beard Sculpt
Beard Sculpt took place at the end of the summer Bard MFA
1st year show. The all male first year sculpture class (Josh
Hart, Desi Santiago,Chris Sollars, Crispin Webb, & Mike) decided to all grow beards and at the end of the summer
to have Sculpture faculty Taylor Davis and Nayland Blake sculpt
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Death Valley
Walking alone in the sand dunes of Death Valley shouting protest slogans against the Iraq War through a megaphone with Airforce jets flying overhead.
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Hokey Pokey Protest
Los Angeles, CA |
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Come Walk With Me Tour
In collaboration with J.C. and his tourists.
San Francisco, CA |
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Man-Handle Gamble
w/ Tom Texas Holmes
667Shotwell San Francisco, CA |
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Pile
of Trash
San Francisco, CA |
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Trippin on e
Balazo Gallery San Francisco, CA |
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Illustrated Man
New Orleans, LA |
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Mobile Phone
New Orleans, LA |
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Phone Tag
San Francisco, CA |
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We're Waiting w/ Mads Lynnerup
September 2001
New Langton Arts
San Francisco, CA
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Cityscapes
San Francisco, CA |
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Can Anyone who has a Cell Phone, Please...
San Francisco, CA |
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1999 |
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Memorial Day
San Francisco, CA |
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you lose ... try again
San Francisco, CA |
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1998 |
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Labyrinth at Chartes
Chartes Cathedral, France |
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Mannequin Pis
Brussels, Belgium |
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Public Display of Affection
Public Display of Affection for Public Sculptures.
Downtown Providence, RI. |
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Shaving
Maine Woods - Skowhegan, ME |
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TEST
I took any HIV test and documented the process. In front of a group at Skowhegan I played the tape, pinned the phone number for the Test results to the wall, and left. |
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Touching God
Documentation video of touching God in the Sistine Chapel. |
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1997 |
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Alley Bread
Providence RI |
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Butt Project
Providence RI |
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Buying the News
Providence RI |
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Street Clean
Providence RI |
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1996 |
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BRIDGE
Providence RI |
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