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[Peer Group Pressure – Art 1980 Footage]

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00:05 The interviewer speaks with people at Art 1980 (inaudible) while the camera films art and attendees. 01:06 An elderly woman speaks about the show and shares the advice that her brother – a commercial artist – gave her about purchasing paintings. 02:40 The interviewer speaks to a woman about the show and about her opinions on contemporary art. 05:26 Interviews outside the exhibit with a group serving lemonade. They’re wearing t-shirts that read “Artists Must Make a Stand.” The […]
[Peer Group Pressure – Art 1980 Chicago – 1st Rough Edit]

Chicago, CLIR, Roots of Video

A documentary about the art fair Art 1980, held in May 1980 at the Navy Pier in Chicago.
Art Auction 1971 #1

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Footage of an auction of artworks by some of the most renowned and influential artists of the early 1970s. Featuring a performance by Allen Ginsberg.
Art Auction 1971 #2

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00:01 A performance of Kenward Elmslie’s poem “Girl Machine.” 05:39 Allen Ginsberg displays materials of his that will be put up for auction. 06:55 The emcee auctions off unidentified works. 9:05 Allen Ginsberg performs a song/composition. 10:37 The emcee auctions off the manuscript that Ginsberg just performed. 12:38 The very end of a reading by Jerry Rubin. 13:27 Auctions of unidentified works and a painting by Christo, sculptures by Carl Andre and Alan Shields. 17:27 A reading by Jerry Rubin. […]
Ants at Automation House #6

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Conversations with artist Alan Sonfist and scientist/collaborator Howard Topoff and other attendees of Sonfist’s installation “Army Ants: Structures & Patterns.”
Ants at Automation House #7

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Artist Alan Sonfist discusses his exhibition “Army Ants: Structures & Patterns.”
Ants at Automation House #5

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Discussions about ants and the media at the opening of environmental artist Alan Sonfist’s exhibition “Army Ants: Patterns & Structures.”
[Charles Simonds Building, March 27 1973]

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Artist Charles Simonds constructs a miniature building on the streets of New York while a crowd of children gather around him and ask questions about his work.