TIME AND MY WORK

TIME

WHEN I TALK ABOUT TIME IN MY ART, I AM NOT REFERRING TO PHYSICS AND THE CONCEPTS THE SCIENTISTS THINK ABOUT LIKE:
TIME AND  ENTROPY
TIME AND RANDOM FLUCTUATIONS
TIME AND MEASUREABLENESS
TIME AND RELATIVITY
TIME AND BLACK HOLES
TIME AND MOTION
TIME AND FORCE
TIME AND A BLOCK UNIVERSE
TIME AND THE BIG BANG

NO, THIS IS NOT MY LANGUAGE. CONVERSELY, AS AN ARTIST, I BELEIVE THAT ALL IS AVAILABLE TO ME AND SINCE THE 60'S I INVITED TIME AND IT'S PURITY, TIME AND IT'S INVISIBILITY, TIME AND ITS MALLEABILITY, TIME AND IT'S MYSTERIOUSNESS TO PLAY WITH ME.

I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE COURSE AND EMOTIONALLY BLAME MY  FASCINATION WITH TIME ON THE FACT THAT MY DAD DIDNT HAVE ANY BECAUSE AS A CHILD OF THE DEPRESSION AND WW2 CLIMATE OF DREAD, HE WORKED 24/7 SIX AND A HALF DAYS A WEEK TO FEED, CLOTHE AND HOUSE ALL 6 OF US. TIME TOOK DAD FROM ME. HMMM. SO I TOOK TIME AWAY FROM TIME AND MADE ART ABOUT IT???STRANGE THINKING BUT MAYBE THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN THIS.

LET ME NOW SHARE WITH YOU A FEW SLIDES OF SOME OF MY DURATIONS/ENDURANCES SO THAT WE  CAN SEE HOW TIME AND I LEARNED HOW TO FINALLY DANCE TOGETHER FOR THESE LAST  50 YEARS.

 

1. TIME AND CHICKENS: For my MFA I showed 9 live chickens at  UW Madison, in 3 giant minimalist looking "cages" (sculptures).

 

2. TIME AND MARKING TIME: WALKING ON A TREADMILL FOR 3 HOURS TELLING THE STOR OF MY LIFE, WEARING A PERMANENT SMILE DEVICE.

 

3. TIME AND MEDITAION; LYING DEAD CHICKEN LIVE ANGEL: I laid in an angel-chicken bed for 3 hours as a saint/statue.

 

4. TIME AND AVAILABILITY: SITTING IN MY GARAGE FOR 8 HOURS, GARAGE TAALK. Being available like my grandmother was.

 

5. TIME AND EXPOSURE: TALKING ABOUT SEX WHILE UNDER HYPNOSIS DRESSED LIKE MY SISTER. I hid under hypnosis to divulge the truth therefore  leaving  actual time to go into altered mental time.

 

6. TIME AND TRANCE; DANCING FOR 3 HOURS TO PRODUCE TRANCE IN THE SIGN OF A CROSS.

 

7. TIME AND LIFE: LIVING ART; LIVING IN AGALLERY FOR 3 DAYS AS  ART/LIFE.

 

8. TIME AND PERSONA MORPHING; LIVING IN A GALLERY FOR 5 DAYS AS 5 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. ONE DRAWING A DAY AS THAT PERSONA.

 

9. TIME AND PAIN: LIVING FOR 3 HOURS IN A GALLERY WITH ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLES IN MY HEART.

 

10: TIME AND MISSING LOVE: SENDING MY ASTRAL SELF TO ANOTHER CITY.

 

11: TIME AND LIVING AS ART: LIVING IN A VAN AS ART FOR MANY DAYS

 

12. TIME AND LIVING SCULPTURE: LIVING IN A GALLERY AS  LIFE AND ART.

 

13: TIME AND NO SIGHT: LIVING WITHOUT SIGHT FOR A WEEK. PERFORMED MANY DIFFERENT TIMES.

 

14. TIME AND TRAVEL: ORGANIZING A WALKING CLUB AND INVITING OTHERS TO WALK WITH ME.

 

15: TIME AND STOPPING TIME: HANDCUFF TO TOM MARIONI FOR 3 DAYS. EXPERIENCING TIME TOGETHER.

 

16. TIME AND AVAILABILITY: GARAGE TALK: SPENDING 8 HOURS WORKING AS AN ARTIST.

 

17. TIME AND PURIFICATION: TELLING SINS FROM SAN FRANCISCO BALCONY FOR 7 HOURS.

 

18: TIME AND ATTACHMENT: DRESSING AS A NURSE TO OBLITERATE MY ATTACHMENT TO MY OWN SELF AS ARTIST..

 

19: TIME AND DEATH: TELLING THE STORY OF MITCHELL PAYNE'S DEATH, LEAVING TIME.

 

20: TIME AND FREEDOM: SPENDING ONE YEAR TIED WITH A 8 FOOT ROPE TO TEHCHING HSIEH IN HIS  ONE YEAR PERFORMANCE.

 

21: TIME AND GIVING MY TIME: OFFERING ART/LFIE COUNSELING AS A WAY TO MAKE TIME TO BE INTIMATE WITH OTHERS.

 

22: TIME AND OBLITERATION OF GENDER: BECOMING MALE AND FEMALE AND BALANCED.

 

23. TIME AND THE 7 CHAKRAS AND GLANDS: SPENING 14 YEARS TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHAKRAS AND GLANDS.

 

24: TIME AND REPEATING TIME: REPEATING 7 YEARS OF LIVING ART, A CHAKRA EXPERIENCE.

 

25: TIME AND WRITING ABOUT TIME: ASKING OTHERS TO SUPPORT MY WORK VIA ANOTHER BOOK.

 

26: TIME AND TAKING TIME TO TEACH:  TEACHING OTHERS TAKES TIME AND GIVES STIME.

 

27.TIME AND END TIME: DAD ART: TAKING CARE OF DAD AS  ART.

 

28.TIME AND SILENCE: LYING DOWN IN FRONT OF THE BLACK MADONNA AND LETTING GO OF TIME.

 

LINDA MARY MONTANO, 2015