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

Exhibition works

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  Sylvia Palacios Whitman (b. 1941), Passing Through, performance at Sonnabend Gallery, New York, May 20, 1977. Courtesy the artist. Photograph by Babette Mangolte; © 1977 All reproduction rights reserved

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  Michael Smith, Busman’s Holiday Retreat Revue, performance at The Performing Garage, May 1981. Courtesy the artist. Photograph by Kevin Noble

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  Ericka Beckman, still from We Imitate; We Break Up, 1978. Super 8 film, color, sound; 28 minutes. Courtesy the artist

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  Theodora Skipitares, Skysaver, performance at Galerie ak, Frankfurt, November 8–16, 1980. Courtesy the artist. Photograph by Christian Hanussek

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  Theodora Skipitares, The Venus Café, performance at Byrd Hoffman Studio, June 1977. Courtesy the artist. Photograph by Richard A. Heinrich

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  Julia Heyward, performance at Franklin Furnace, April 6, 1977. Courtesy the artist. Image courtesy Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc.

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  Michael Smith, Mike’s House, performance at Whitney Museum of American Art, February 19–March 11, 1982. Courtesy the artist

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  Michael Smith, Down in the Rec Room, Kansas City Art Institute, February 22, 1979. Courtesy the artist

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  Jack Smith, Irrational Landlordism of Bagdad (a.k.a. Material Landlordism of Bagdad, a.k.a. The Secret of the Brassiere Factory), Cologne Art Fair, Germany, October 26–31, 1977. All images © Jack Smith Archive, courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels

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  Squat Theatre, Andy Warhol’s Last Love, performance at 256 West 23rd Street, New York, June 2-September 15, 1978; January-April 1979; and November 1982. Courtesy of the artist

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  Squat Theatre, Andy Warhol’s Last Love, performance at 256 West 23rd Street, New York, June 2-September 15, 1978; January-April 1979; and November 1982. Courtesy of the artist

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  Squat Theatre, Andy Warhol’s Last Love, performance at 256 West 23rd Street, New York, June 2-September 15, 1978; January-April 1979; and November 1982. Courtesy of the artist

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  Jill Kroesen,Excuse Me I Feel Like Multiplying, performance at U. S. Customs House, New York, May 27, 1979. Courtesy the artist. Photograph by Nathaniel Tileston

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  Jill Kroesen,The Original Lou and Walter Story, performance at The Kitchen, December 21—23, 1978. Courtesy the artist. Photograph by Robert Alexander

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  Kipper Kids, performance at Vanguard Gallery, Los Angles, 1978. © Kipper Kids, courtesy the artist

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  Kipper Kids, performance at Forum Theater, Berlin, 1973. © Kipper Kids, courtesy the artist

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  Kipper Kids, performance at Forum Theater, Berlin, 1973. © Kipper Kids, courtesy the artist

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  Robert Wilson, Overture for KA MOUNTAIN AND GUARDenia TERRACE: a story about a family and some people changing, performance at Byrd Hoffman Studio, April 24—30, 1972. Courtesy The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation, New York. Photograph by Kazuko Oshima

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  Robert Wilson, Overture for KA MOUNTAIN AND GUARDenia TERRACE: a story about a family and some people changing, performance at Byrd Hoffman Studio, April 24—30, 1972. Courtesy The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation, New York. Photograph by Kazuko Oshima

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  Julia Heyward, God Heads, performance part of “Performances: Four Evenings, Four Days” at the Whitney Museum of American Art, February 28, 1976. Courtesy the artist

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  Julia Heyward, God Heads, performance part of “Performances: Four Evenings, Four Days” at the Whitney Museum of American Art, February 28, 1976. Courtesy the artist

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  Vito Acconci, still from Claim Excerpts, 1971. Videotape, black and white, sound; 62:11 minutes. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Film and Video Committee  2000.160

  © 2012 Vito Acconci / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York