Rituals of Rented Island: Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New Psychodrama—Manhattan, 1970–1980


Jared Bark (b. 1944), LIGHTS: on/off, performance at The Clocktower, June 21, 1974
"This exhibition illuminates a radical period of 1970s performance art that flourished in downtown Manhattan, or what filmmaker and performance artist Jack Smith called 'Rented Island,' and still remains largely unknown today. Working in lofts, storefronts, and alternative spaces, this group of artists, with backgrounds in theater, dance, music, and visual art, created complex new forms of performance to embody and address contemporary media, commercial culture, and high art."
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Whitney: Rituals of Rented Island: Julia Heyward, Rituals of Rented Island: Sylvia Palacios Whitman
NYT: Nothing to Spend, Nothing to Lose
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