Benefit Readings for 112 Workshop: April 25 – 27, 1978
April 25–27, 1978Exhibition Description
April 25, 1978 / LES LEVINE and CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE: “exclusion vs. inclusion” The artists engaged in a performance dialogue over a candle-lit desk top. Two members of the audience were recruited to sit on chairs on top of the desk, facing the audience.
April 26, 1978 / JOE BRAINARD and FRANZ LEBOWITZ Joe Brainard read from his poetry, and Fran lebowitz read from her recently published book Metropolitan Life
April 27, 1978 / CONSTANCE DE JONG and TAYLOR MEAD Taylor Mead read selections from his poetry and casually removed and tried on various wigs from a shopping bag at his side. Constance De Jong recited a long selection from her narrative writing, which she had committed to memory.
Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.
