Friday, April 10, 2015

LECTURE FOR FILM FOR FALES LAUNCH



LECTURE FOR FALES/FOR VIDEO

Like babies, like infants, like children, like offspring, our art is conceived, then born and positioned in the world. With heartfelt gratitude, I thank MARVIN TAYLOR,  DIRECTOR OF FALES LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. I also thank LISA DARMS, ARCHIVIST OF FALES LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS  for adopting, caregiving, tending and sharing 50 years of my practice. Linda, the lifeist, is speechless with emotion.
And I thank my colleagues and friends: KATHY BREW, KAREN FINLEY, LINDA WEINTRAUB and VIRTUAL MARTHA WILSON  for thinking and speaking about me tonight. A night I will never ever forget.
In  Catholic litany style, I will quickly name what's in the archive but please use this as an occasion to place your hands on your own heart and sing a song to your personal inner and outer art child. Honor your personal practice and life.
To rehearse: sing a long tone like a lullaby, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.  Good

NOW FOR THE LITANY AND LULLABY OF THE MONTANO BOXES AT FALES:
3 BOXES RESEARCH
4 BOXES PUBLICITY
1 BOX MITCHELL PAYNE
1 BOX TENURE
1 BOX MEHTA
1 BOX MISHRA
1 BOX  OF GALLEYS FOR THE BOOK: ART IN EVERYDAY LIFE
1 BOX MOM ART
1 BOX OF GALLEYS FOR THE BOOK:  LOVE SEX
1 BOX OF GALLEYS FOR THE BOOK: YOU TOO ARE A PERFORMANCE ARTIST
1 BOX WRITINGS BY OTHERS ABOUT MONTANO
12  BOXES OF BOOKS BY OTHERS MENTIONING MONTANO
4 BOXES ANNIE SPRINKLE MEMORABILIA
1 BOX MONTANO CONVENT LETTERS AND OTHER LETTERS BY MONTANO
3 BOXES OF GALLEYS FOR THE BOOK: PERFORMANCE ARTISTS TALKING IN THE EIGHTIES
1 BOX UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEWS WITH PERFORMANCE ARTISTS
1 BOX PERFORMANCE DOCUMENTS
1 BOX TEACHING PERFORMANCE ART
1 BOX SIGNED BOOKS BY OTHERS
1 BOX ALL BOOKS BY MONTANO
1 BOX CASSETTES USED IN  PERFORMANCES
1 BOX JUVENILIA
1 BOX 7 YEARS OF LIVING ART WRITINGS
1 BOX MEDIA
1 BOX MONTANO INTERVIEWING OTHERS
1 BOX NEWSPAPER REVIEWS
1 BOX OTHER ARTISTS LETTERS
1 BOX VIDEOS BY OTHERS
1 BOX HAND WRITTEN WRITINGS OF PERFORMANCE IDEAS
1 BOX LIFE IN THE CONVENT
1 BOX PERFORMANCE PROPOSALS
1 BOX VIDEO TEXTS AND PROPOSALS; IN COLLABORATION WITH  TOBE CAREY, EDITOR
1 BOX MONTANO FAMILY
1 BOX HEALTH RECORDS
1 BOX DIARIES
2 BOXES OLIVEROS
2 BOXES HSIEH
1 BOX BUSINESS
1 BOX DRAWINGS
1 BOX COSTUMES
1 BOX VINYL RECORDS
1 BOX MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS
1 BOX OF GALLEYS FOR THE BOOK: THE ART AND LIFE INSTITUTE HANDBOOK
1 BOX DAD ART
1 BOX DRAWINGS BY DAD AFTER STROKE
2 BOXES OF GALLEYS FOR THE BOOK: LETTERS FROM LINDA MONTANO
1 BOX PERFORMANCE PHOTOS BY PAYNE, LEHMANN, SPRINKLE, HSIEH, GAMPER.
13 BOXES VIDEOS
1 BOX PUBLIC RELATIONS
1 BOX PERSONAL PHOTOS
1 BOX OF GALLEYS FOR THE BOOK: BEFORE AND AFTER ART AND LIFE COUNSELING
1 BOX EARLY PAINTINGS
1 BOX CERTIFICATES AND GRADES
7 BOXES CLOTHES FROM 14 YEARS OF LIVING ART
10 BOXES OF A  SCULPTURE MADE FROM FAMILY BOOKS
2  BOXES PERFORMANCE PROPS.  31 ITEMS
1 BOX 14 YEARS OF LIVING ART PROPS.  21 ITEMS
1 BOX 7 LEATHER COATS  MADE INTO A SCULPTURE
1 BOX OF MY ART.  11 ITEMS
1 BOX SCULPTURE WINGS, CHICKEN NIGHT LIGHT
1 BOX SLIDES AND NEGATIVES
2 BOXES 7 CHAKRA DRAWINGS, ONE A YEAR FOR 14 YEARS  
1 BOX OF 52 DVD DIGITIZED COPIES OF PAST VIDEOS. TOBE CAREY:EDITOR.
1 BOX  PLASTER FORM FOR 7 BRONZE PENISES
THE END
 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL LULLABY FOR YOUR OWN ART AND LIFE. NOW LETS WELCOME  A MAN WHO WANTS TO SING A SONG OF HOPE. LETS GIVE IT UP FOR MISTER BOBBIE D.
 
https://youtu.be/FnFAu9cY5y4

TO CONCLUDE:
MAY OUR ART BLESS US
MAY WE BLESS OUR ART
MAY OUR LIFE BLESS US
MAY WE BLESS OUR LIFE
MAY OTHERS BLESS US
MAY WE BLESS OTHERS
AND MAY WE REST
AMEN
AMEN
AND
AMEN.

LINDA MARY MONTANO MARCH 2015



 

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