The show SOUND SCULPTURE AS took place at MOCA,
The Museum of Conceptual Art in San Francisco, on April 30, 1970. The
initiator and curator of the show was Tom
Marioni.
The decription of the pieces evoke strong images.
The participating artists, all sculptors, were:
Arlo Acton (steel ball
crashing through a pane of glass) |
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Tom Marioni aka Allan
Fish (Piss Piece-- from the top of a ladder into a large tub); |
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Terry Fox (metal bowl
filled with water striking the floor, and later a shovel scraping
the floor); |
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Mel Henderson (firing
a gun at a projected image of a tiger); |
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Paul Kos (amplified
sounds of 2 blocks of ice melting, no sound heard); |
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Jim Melchert
(30 unanswered telephone rings from two calls placed from outside
the museum); |
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Peter Macan (sounds
of popping from plastic bubble wrap underfoot on the floor at entrance
and in elevator); |
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Jim McCready (the sound
of 4 women wearing nylon stockings walking and rubbing their legs
together); |
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Herb Yarmo (ball bearings
rolling down a metal pipe onto the floor. |
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The show was recorded and broadcast on KPFA FM, Berkeley, Cal.
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