Emergency Index Documents RELEASE Score

Emergency INDEX, Volume 2, includes contributions from artists, poets, scholars, activists, advertisers, computer scientists, theater ensembles and filmmakers presenting more than 300 performances made around the world in 2012.

Included is my score titled RELEASE Score performed by Allan Revich. See the score in my October 2012 posts.

This is a bible of performance art activity. And if you are, like I am, a believer in performance art and the value of this ephemeral art activity to change the hearts and minds and consciousness of people, then you need to have this bible in your life. The end. —Martha Wilson

We've been seeing performance art materialize around us, but without feeling that there was a context for such ideas. Artists have been doing such pieces  for a long time without much recognition that in fact their ideas are related. Now, with Emergency INDEX, we get the sense of a magical secret shared among many artists. Emergency INDEX is a profoundly important publication. It guides us to a new place. —Robert Ashley

Emergency INDEX 2011 Documents Screw Head Performance

I am happy to tell you that INDEX is printed and available. THE LAUNCH PARTY was on March 20th at The Kitchen in NYC. It featured performances and a videos of performances including Screw Head.

This year's Emergency INDEX documents 249 performances in over 500 pages, and includes a comprehensive index of terms. If yu want a copy of the book and more info go to http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/catalog/browse/item/?pubID=217

See the performance video with Altemus, McCarthy, and Campbell in the sidebar on this page.