"Dear FB,
For about a year, at the invitation of pioneer and techno-composer-legacy-holder, Pauline Oliveros, I have been "feeling" the family of FB and this internet/virtual relationship has generated new thoughts about art/life.
We are animal/human and need community. We attain and get that in many ways. It used to be neighborhoods but no more...kids cant play in the streets or their yards.
We used to go to church , no more, we used to visit relatives , no more. Silently and slowly we are being forced into non-horseback riding time and catapulting into robotization and computer mind. We are being lured into sub-cutaneous implants and AI and no-think and machine speed.
And the art world is led by the carrot of sameness into this silence by not offering any other options because:
Only the high rollers are getting the gigs and the teaching spots held tight by the past-timers.
Only the ones who will bring in the bucks are galleried.
Only the safe and sure are shown.(Names known by only the Guerilla Girls.)
Only the content that is wow and now is wanted.
Soooooooooooooooo
FB has become:
SCHOOL
GATHERING PLACE
HAPPY PARTY
JOB FINDER
MATE GATHERER
LOSS CONSOLER
RANT RECEIVER
PAST WORK DISPLAYER
DREAM MAKER
WHAT I ATE FOR LUNCH PHOTOGRAPHER
INSTANT AUDIENCE
TEACHER OF ART AS FREE COMMODITY
SHOW OFF CENTER
GROUP FORMER
JOB PLACEMENT SITE
FRIEND/FAN MAKER
PRODUCT/ART OBJECT ADVERTISER
RECESSION SNUBBER
GALLERY
SELF-IMPRESSION INFLATOR
RESURGER OF THE SPIRITUAL IN ART
DEPRESSION ADJUSTER
GREED DETHRONER
QUESTION ANSWERER
GRADUATE SEMINAR STUDY PLACE
NEW IDEA SHARER
PERSONAL BELL RINGER
WEBSITE ADVERTISER
FRIEND THIEF
I
NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FORGETTER
PET PHOTO/VIDEO SHOWER
WASTER OF TIME
ADDICTION CREATOR
The list is longer for the positives and less for the delete/hide/escape apps.
And as a result, FB, I still like you, I share your wisdom and your messages and your great facilities. OK I am using you and asking periodically for help to sell my archive, to ask questions about where the gigs are these days, and other narcissistic dreams.
So maybe i'm not so pure and that money and being SEEN is more important than your friendship, but until I completely find your game a pitiful excuse for having a life, I will continue to tell all of my "friends" my news, the world's news and my extraordinary wisdom!
And in an early morning Starbucks burst of energy, I will continue to SHARE other wonderful and informative bites I find that all 28379874982749874 of you might like.
I know some will "hide" me but I will never know because I still have access to my other 409872474987 "friends".
FB, I know that galleries are few, that $ is tight.
I know that 328479874329 people are seeing my videos for free via you, but i'm not bitter oh FB, i'm just glad to be in your family.
Art is finally about life and not art? How long this generosity and high lasts, who knows? Maybe not until the lawyers arrive.
Thanks FB for playing.
One of your 238979857985798274983783009209947676 "FRIENDS",
Linda Mary Montano , PERFORMANCE ARTIST . In case you are interested, my web is www.lindamontano.com
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
IS LIFE A WORK OF ART:SFAI
IS LIFE A WORK OF ART? AN INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE by LINDA MARY MONTANO
Outside of the San Francisco Art Institute, around 1971, over 40 years ago, I placed a treadmill on the sidewalk and performed an endurance by walking continuously for three hours while repeating over and over an abridged story of my life.
I was wearing a tattered blue prom dress and a permanent smile device in my mouth and I'm sure I was accompanied by an audiotape of chicken sounds.
PAUSE NUMBER ONE:
Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specificially for the ovaries or testes? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE, HA HA HA END OF PAUSE
In retrospect, I can only imagine what my intentions may have been during my early performances. The four possibilites are:
NUMBER ONE: Maybe I beleived that repetitive telling of my traumas as art could detach me from mentally ruminating on them?
NUMBER TWO: Maybe I believed that by defusing my own history via repetition for three hours, that I could neurologically switch my own brain waves from the worry side over to the happy, no-worry brian?
NUMBER THREE: Maybe I beleived that via endurance and repetition, my story would become everyone's story and that as a group we could performatively creste an atmosphere of pleasant aesthetic suspension?
NUMBER FOUR: Maybe I was re-enacting the catholic Church's priesthood, reserved only for men?
PAUSE NUMBER TWO:
Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically for the pancreas?HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA
END OF PAUSE
Back to my story. Performance has always been my language of choice, my vehicle, my therapy, my medium, my livelihood, my mystery solver, my passionate habit, my redemptive link to the sacred. As a result, instead of constantly floundering in the wreckage of my everyday life, I make art. Not lots of art or slick art or marketable art or well-known art because my attraction has stylistically been to the art povera, to the hidden, to the distressed, to the simple, to the childlike, to the recycled.
PAUSE NUMBER THREE: Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically for the adrenals? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA
END OF PAUSE
I ask myself why do I like art povera?
NUMBER ONE: Maybe it is because I harbor an addiction to victimhood?
PAUSE NUMBER FOUR: Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically for the thymus gland? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA END OF PAUSE
NUMBER TWO: Maybe I yearn to be seen as a tortured shamaness cured by austerities and penances and now wanting to heal others?
PAUSE NUMBER FIVE: Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically for the thyroid gland? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA
END OF PAUSE
NUMBER THREE: Maybe I was so totally imprinted on the image of a life sized, scourged Christ hanging on the Crucifix , that I got stuck in an ecstatic and sublime need to suffer?
PAUSE NUMBER SIX: Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically the pineal gland? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA
END OF PAUSE
All of these academic guesses are really masking the simple truth that I choose to be foolish for art. Yes, I am a fool for art.
PAUSE NUMBER SEVEN: Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically for the pituitary gland? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA
END OF PAUSE
To illustrate the strategies I use on my practice, I will share three films. The first, titled DYSTONIA, is about an illness I have which neurologically causes pain, tremors and spasms. The botox injections I receive every three months somewhat alleviate the symptoms. In this film I do three things:
NUMBER ONE: I show an uncomfortalbe medical procedure...needles being put in my neck. NUMBER TWO: But in the soundtrack I contradict the shock, awe and pity party by having a child read a fairy tale. Oxymoron art.
NUMBER THREE: The result is that humor drains the harsh reality of it's sting. Innocence trumps masochism.
Film number two is title MOTHER TERESA. One day while spasming from Dystonia, I was bent over, cramped, twisted, stiff and I said to myslef, quote," Linda, you look just like MOTHER TERESA." end quote. At that second another persona emerged. Not a bad trade off because from the loins of illness and medical misery sprung art. I call this film healing.
Film number three is titled THANK YOU DR ARUNA MEHTA. For 19 years I studied with this extraordinary woman who died in 2009. Mataji was a compassionate mother and friend to all. I call this film a tribute to her. It is also a public heart song and opportunity to honor my friend in the company of your support. Mourning art. Please feel free to remember internally or write the names of your deceased family and friends you would like to honor. To conclude, I would like to sing for you a prayer by Joseph Goldstein:
MAY ALL BEINGS BE FILLED WITH LOVING KINDNESS
MAY ALL BEINGS BE WELL
MAY ALL BEINGS BE PEACEFULL AND AT EASE
MAY ALL BEINGS BE HAPPY
Thank you and goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.
Outside of the San Francisco Art Institute, around 1971, over 40 years ago, I placed a treadmill on the sidewalk and performed an endurance by walking continuously for three hours while repeating over and over an abridged story of my life.
I was wearing a tattered blue prom dress and a permanent smile device in my mouth and I'm sure I was accompanied by an audiotape of chicken sounds.
PAUSE NUMBER ONE:
Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specificially for the ovaries or testes? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE, HA HA HA END OF PAUSE
In retrospect, I can only imagine what my intentions may have been during my early performances. The four possibilites are:
NUMBER ONE: Maybe I beleived that repetitive telling of my traumas as art could detach me from mentally ruminating on them?
NUMBER TWO: Maybe I believed that by defusing my own history via repetition for three hours, that I could neurologically switch my own brain waves from the worry side over to the happy, no-worry brian?
NUMBER THREE: Maybe I beleived that via endurance and repetition, my story would become everyone's story and that as a group we could performatively creste an atmosphere of pleasant aesthetic suspension?
NUMBER FOUR: Maybe I was re-enacting the catholic Church's priesthood, reserved only for men?
PAUSE NUMBER TWO:
Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically for the pancreas?HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA
END OF PAUSE
Back to my story. Performance has always been my language of choice, my vehicle, my therapy, my medium, my livelihood, my mystery solver, my passionate habit, my redemptive link to the sacred. As a result, instead of constantly floundering in the wreckage of my everyday life, I make art. Not lots of art or slick art or marketable art or well-known art because my attraction has stylistically been to the art povera, to the hidden, to the distressed, to the simple, to the childlike, to the recycled.
PAUSE NUMBER THREE: Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically for the adrenals? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA
END OF PAUSE
I ask myself why do I like art povera?
NUMBER ONE: Maybe it is because I harbor an addiction to victimhood?
PAUSE NUMBER FOUR: Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically for the thymus gland? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA END OF PAUSE
NUMBER TWO: Maybe I yearn to be seen as a tortured shamaness cured by austerities and penances and now wanting to heal others?
PAUSE NUMBER FIVE: Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically for the thyroid gland? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA
END OF PAUSE
NUMBER THREE: Maybe I was so totally imprinted on the image of a life sized, scourged Christ hanging on the Crucifix , that I got stuck in an ecstatic and sublime need to suffer?
PAUSE NUMBER SIX: Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically the pineal gland? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA
END OF PAUSE
All of these academic guesses are really masking the simple truth that I choose to be foolish for art. Yes, I am a fool for art.
PAUSE NUMBER SEVEN: Can you imagine joining me in making laughter sounds of appreciation for the seven glands of the body, specifically for the pituitary gland? HA HA HA HO HO HO HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA
END OF PAUSE
To illustrate the strategies I use on my practice, I will share three films. The first, titled DYSTONIA, is about an illness I have which neurologically causes pain, tremors and spasms. The botox injections I receive every three months somewhat alleviate the symptoms. In this film I do three things:
NUMBER ONE: I show an uncomfortalbe medical procedure...needles being put in my neck. NUMBER TWO: But in the soundtrack I contradict the shock, awe and pity party by having a child read a fairy tale. Oxymoron art.
NUMBER THREE: The result is that humor drains the harsh reality of it's sting. Innocence trumps masochism.
Film number two is title MOTHER TERESA. One day while spasming from Dystonia, I was bent over, cramped, twisted, stiff and I said to myslef, quote," Linda, you look just like MOTHER TERESA." end quote. At that second another persona emerged. Not a bad trade off because from the loins of illness and medical misery sprung art. I call this film healing.
Film number three is titled THANK YOU DR ARUNA MEHTA. For 19 years I studied with this extraordinary woman who died in 2009. Mataji was a compassionate mother and friend to all. I call this film a tribute to her. It is also a public heart song and opportunity to honor my friend in the company of your support. Mourning art. Please feel free to remember internally or write the names of your deceased family and friends you would like to honor. To conclude, I would like to sing for you a prayer by Joseph Goldstein:
MAY ALL BEINGS BE FILLED WITH LOVING KINDNESS
MAY ALL BEINGS BE WELL
MAY ALL BEINGS BE PEACEFULL AND AT EASE
MAY ALL BEINGS BE HAPPY
Thank you and goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.
LETTER TO JIMMY FALLON;PAUL&LINDA
DEAR JIMMY FALLON,
My name is Paul McMahon, artist and singer.
Enclosed is my CD. I am known as THE ROCK AND ROLL THERAPIST in WOODSTOCK NY and throughout the country, and would like to come to your show and PERFORM:
1.One-to-three ROCK AND ROLL THERAPIES(I ask audience members for problems and then i solve the problems with a song that I create on the spot.)
2. And then call to stage my doppleganger, Linda Mary Montano of Saugerties NY. She is a performance artist and lip-synches along wiht me as I sing.
It is truly obvious that you are able to morph into anybody!!!!And I thought you would enjoy our work , my songs and my ability to do therapy as art!!!!!
When you come upstate maybe we can talk about this?
Sincerely,
Paul McMahon/Linda Mary Montano
My name is Paul McMahon, artist and singer.
Enclosed is my CD. I am known as THE ROCK AND ROLL THERAPIST in WOODSTOCK NY and throughout the country, and would like to come to your show and PERFORM:
1.One-to-three ROCK AND ROLL THERAPIES(I ask audience members for problems and then i solve the problems with a song that I create on the spot.)
2. And then call to stage my doppleganger, Linda Mary Montano of Saugerties NY. She is a performance artist and lip-synches along wiht me as I sing.
It is truly obvious that you are able to morph into anybody!!!!And I thought you would enjoy our work , my songs and my ability to do therapy as art!!!!!
When you come upstate maybe we can talk about this?
Sincerely,
Paul McMahon/Linda Mary Montano
AT THE SFAI FOR DR ARUNA MEHTA MEMORIAL
DEAR ARTISTS OF ART AND ARTISTS OF LIFE
BEFORE I BEGIN, MY FELLOW PERFORMER AND I , KATHERINE WILLIAMSON, WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AN AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION GAME CALLED C.G.R.C. TRANSLATED AS COMMUNITY OF GIVING, RECEIVING AND CONNECTING.
WE ALL KNLW ABOUT CPR, THIS IS CGRC,. IN FACT IF THERE IS A MEDICAL PERSON HERE WHO COULD DEMONSTRATE CPR, IF NOT, CHEST ONLY, NO MORE MOUTH TO MOUTH, USING THE HEEL OF THE HAND WHILE HUMMING STAYING ALIVE. CORRECT? CAN WE PRACTICE HUMMING STAYING ALIVE IN GOOD PAULINE OLIVEROS FASHION?
TO RETURN TO CGRC, IT WORKS LIKE THIS:
PRESENT A NEED OR PRESENT TO US SOMETHING YOU CAN GIVE
THEN CONNECT VIA IMMEDIATE CELL NUMBER GIVEN HERE, IN PUBLIC, OR EMAIL ADDRESS SHOUTED OUT OR CONNECTING AFTER THE PROGRAM?
TO DEMONSTRATE: I NEED TO FIND SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A TAX WRITE OFF TO BUY MY ARCHIVE, OWN IT AND THEN DONATE IT TO NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. THE FINDERS FEE IS I GIVE THEM A DAY WITH LINDA MONTANO, TIED AT THE WAIST OR WRIST OR LEG WITH AN 8 FT ROPE. NOW LETS PLAY... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SERIOUSLY, IT IS TRULY A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN AT THE SFAI, MY ART HOME.
IT TAKES A TEAM TO COORDINATE OUR LIVES: FOR EXAMPLE WE EAT A BAGEL BUT FIRST THERE IS A SEED PLANTED IN THE EARTH AND IT IS
WATERED,
WEEDED,
PICKED,
HARVESTED,
GROUNDED,
TRUCKED TO A PLACE WHERE IT IS
MADE INTO A BAGEL AND
THEN IT IS TRUCKED TO A STORE AND
SOMEONE DRIVES TO THE STORE AND
BUYS IT,
BRINGS IT HOME,
CUTS IT,
TOASTS IT,
PUTS CREAM CHEESE ON IT
AND THEN EATS IT.
THANK YOU SHARON GRACE ,TONY LABAT AND ALLAN DE SOUZA FOR ORCHESTRATING THE VISIT, THANK YOU SARAH EWICK FOR MANAGING ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS, THANK YOU KATHERINE WILLIAMSON FOR PERFORMING WITH ME, THANKS TO SASHA DOBS, MANAGER OF THE LECTURE HALL AND KENT LONG , PROJECTIONIST.
THANKS TOBE CAREY VIDEO EDITOR...
AND THANKS TO EACH OF YOU FOR FINDING TIME TO COME HERE,
ON FOOT,
CAR,
BUS,
SUBWAY,
BIKE,
TAXI,
..I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN A GROUP, ONE HOUR, FACE-TIME PERFORMANCE.
IN 25 YEARS WE MIGHT BE LISPING ROBOTS FACE TO ROBOT FACE, WHO KNOWS?
TRULY I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FACE TIME, A REAL COMMODITY, AND WONDER HOW YOU GOT HERE?
HOW MANY PARKED IN
A 2 HOUR ZONE?
DROVE OVER 1 HOUR TO GET HERE?
HOW MANY TOOK BUS?
TAXI?
BIKE?
BOAT?
HOW MANY LEFT CAREGIVING A PARENT,
FRIEND,
CHILD TO GET HERE?
HOW MANY LEFT A GARDEN?
MEDITATION CUSHION?
MISSED A MEAL?
HOW MANY SPENT MORE THAN 7 DOLLARS TO GET HERE?
I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE. ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO SHOW THE FILM, NO WORDS, BUT..
THEN THE BIRDS,
THEN THE MUD,
THEN MORE WATER,
THEN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS MORE AND MORE NUMBERLESS TOXIC NUMBINGS KEPT COMING AND I RESPONDED TO OUR PRESIDENTS CALL FOR AN INCREASE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY,
TRANSPARENCY,
RESPONSIBILITY AND
CIVILITY BY MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH MY ART CONTENT.
OF COURSE WE ARTISTS ARE NOT HAVING TO BE AS RESPONSIBLE AS THE:
NEUROSURGEON IMPLANTING A DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION UNIT IN A PATIENT,
OR AS ACCOUNTABLE AS A JET AIRLINE PILOT FLYING TO COSTA RICA
OR AS WAKEFUL AS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER BRINGING FIRST GRADERS BACK HOME AT 2:30PM.
WE ARTISTS ARE ACCOUNTABLE IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY TO MYSTERY ITSELF OR AS POET JEROME ROTHENBERG STATES....WE ARE TECHNICIANS OF THE SACRED.
BUT GOOD CATHOLIC GIRL THAT I HAVE RE-BECOME, I NEED TO GIVE WARNINGS AND DISCLAIMERS JUST IN CASE .......
THE FILMS: THE BUDDHA SAW SICKNESS OLD AGE AND DEATH AND GOT BUSY WAKING UP..I AM INSPIRED TO DO THE SAME, NOT ONLY BECAUSE MY ITALIAN ZEN FATHER USED TO SAY, LINDA WAKE UP ALOT BUT BECAUSE 1. I HAVE A MOVEMENT DISORDER,
2. IM OLD AND
3. MY BEST FRIEND DR ARUNA MEHTA DIED.
DISCLAIMER
1.FOR FILM:THE LISPING ROBOT POVERA:
MY MOTHER COLLECTED MOST OF THESE MASKS AND IN HER 70S WENT OUT TRICK OR TREATING ON HALLOWEEN WEARING THEM. SHE IS MY FIRST PERFORMANCE ART TEACHER. I DISCLAIM THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DISCLAIM HERE, EXCEPT THAT I GREW UP WITH THESE MASKS AND THEY REFERENCE NOTHING BUT MY EARLY CHILDHOOD INFLUENCES AND MY MOTHER'S CREATIVITY. DISCLAIMER
2:FOR FILM DYSTONIA: HIDE YOUR EYES IF U DONT LIKE NEEDLES..
TEXT,
CLEAR YOUR CELLPHONE
, CHECK YOUR EMAIL,
BALANCE YOUR CHECKBOOK
...BUT KNOW THAT MY INTENTION IS TO USE MY PAIN AS A METHOD AND MATERIAL FOR ART. THE WAY I DO THAT IS TO CUT AND PASTE ILLNESS AND BRING IT OUT OF THE OYE VEY MIND, THEN TRANSFORM PAIN WITH WORDS, FILM, PERFORMANCE, BOOKS.... DEMONSTRATING THE RECIEPE:
IF LIFE
OR THE PLANET HURTS MAKE ART,
IF LIFE
OR THE PLANET DOESNT HURT, MAKE ART.
ART IS NEUROBIOLOGY. (HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE A STROKE..TED TALKS...JILL B TAYLOR, NEURO BIOLOGIST)
DISCLAIMER 3 FOR FILM : MOTHER TERESA:WITH ALL DUE RESPECT:ONE DAY WHILE MY DYSTONIA CRAMPED ME OVER , I FELT JUST LIKE MOTHER TERESA. THAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THIS PERFORMANCE.
HONESTLY POPE BENEDICT,
IM NOT PARODYING RELIGION, JUST PRAYING AS ART.
DISCLAIMER 4 FOR FILM : THANK YOU DR ARUNA MEHTA: MATAJI, MA, BA(GRANDMOTHER ) HAS MANY NAMES, BUT I KNOW HER AS THE MOTHER OF COMPASSION. IN THIS FILM ARE FOUR OF HER MANY GRANDCHILDREN: NEHA ,DIMPESH, AMISHA AND ASMI AND HER HUSBAND.
ASHISH, HER GRANDSON IS WITH US TONIGHT.
MY INTENTION IS TO HONOR HER AND SHARE HER GREATNESS WITH U. AT THE END OF THE PERFORMANCE I WILL GIVE YOU A PAPER WHICH CONTAINS ONE OF HER WISDOM SAYINGS.
THIS FILM IS WITHOUT DISCLAIMER.
DISCLAIMER 5 FOR THE YOU TUBE OF 2 YEAR OLD GIRL SINGING..
THE DISCLAIMER IS:COMPASSIONATE HOPE.
AT AMERICAN INDIAN POTLATCHES ,GIFTS WERE GIVEN . I END THIS INTRODUCTION WITH THE GIFT OF A QUICK VERBAL SCAN OF THE BODY..
A GIFT OF GRATITUDE TO THE 300 TRILLION CELLS OF THE BODY,
GRATITUDE TO THE 230 BONES,
THE 650 MUSCLES, NO PAY,
THE 7 GLANDS,
THE 24 FEET OF INTESTINE,
GRATITUDE TO THE HEART, TO THE HEART, TO THE HEART..............
THANK YOU, LINDA
BEFORE I BEGIN, MY FELLOW PERFORMER AND I , KATHERINE WILLIAMSON, WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AN AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION GAME CALLED C.G.R.C. TRANSLATED AS COMMUNITY OF GIVING, RECEIVING AND CONNECTING.
WE ALL KNLW ABOUT CPR, THIS IS CGRC,. IN FACT IF THERE IS A MEDICAL PERSON HERE WHO COULD DEMONSTRATE CPR, IF NOT, CHEST ONLY, NO MORE MOUTH TO MOUTH, USING THE HEEL OF THE HAND WHILE HUMMING STAYING ALIVE. CORRECT? CAN WE PRACTICE HUMMING STAYING ALIVE IN GOOD PAULINE OLIVEROS FASHION?
TO RETURN TO CGRC, IT WORKS LIKE THIS:
PRESENT A NEED OR PRESENT TO US SOMETHING YOU CAN GIVE
THEN CONNECT VIA IMMEDIATE CELL NUMBER GIVEN HERE, IN PUBLIC, OR EMAIL ADDRESS SHOUTED OUT OR CONNECTING AFTER THE PROGRAM?
TO DEMONSTRATE: I NEED TO FIND SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A TAX WRITE OFF TO BUY MY ARCHIVE, OWN IT AND THEN DONATE IT TO NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. THE FINDERS FEE IS I GIVE THEM A DAY WITH LINDA MONTANO, TIED AT THE WAIST OR WRIST OR LEG WITH AN 8 FT ROPE. NOW LETS PLAY... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SERIOUSLY, IT IS TRULY A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN AT THE SFAI, MY ART HOME.
IT TAKES A TEAM TO COORDINATE OUR LIVES: FOR EXAMPLE WE EAT A BAGEL BUT FIRST THERE IS A SEED PLANTED IN THE EARTH AND IT IS
WATERED,
WEEDED,
PICKED,
HARVESTED,
GROUNDED,
TRUCKED TO A PLACE WHERE IT IS
MADE INTO A BAGEL AND
THEN IT IS TRUCKED TO A STORE AND
SOMEONE DRIVES TO THE STORE AND
BUYS IT,
BRINGS IT HOME,
CUTS IT,
TOASTS IT,
PUTS CREAM CHEESE ON IT
AND THEN EATS IT.
THANK YOU SHARON GRACE ,TONY LABAT AND ALLAN DE SOUZA FOR ORCHESTRATING THE VISIT, THANK YOU SARAH EWICK FOR MANAGING ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS, THANK YOU KATHERINE WILLIAMSON FOR PERFORMING WITH ME, THANKS TO SASHA DOBS, MANAGER OF THE LECTURE HALL AND KENT LONG , PROJECTIONIST.
THANKS TOBE CAREY VIDEO EDITOR...
AND THANKS TO EACH OF YOU FOR FINDING TIME TO COME HERE,
ON FOOT,
CAR,
BUS,
SUBWAY,
BIKE,
TAXI,
..I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN A GROUP, ONE HOUR, FACE-TIME PERFORMANCE.
IN 25 YEARS WE MIGHT BE LISPING ROBOTS FACE TO ROBOT FACE, WHO KNOWS?
TRULY I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FACE TIME, A REAL COMMODITY, AND WONDER HOW YOU GOT HERE?
HOW MANY PARKED IN
A 2 HOUR ZONE?
DROVE OVER 1 HOUR TO GET HERE?
HOW MANY TOOK BUS?
TAXI?
BIKE?
BOAT?
HOW MANY LEFT CAREGIVING A PARENT,
FRIEND,
CHILD TO GET HERE?
HOW MANY LEFT A GARDEN?
MEDITATION CUSHION?
MISSED A MEAL?
HOW MANY SPENT MORE THAN 7 DOLLARS TO GET HERE?
I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE. ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO SHOW THE FILM, NO WORDS, BUT..
THEN THE BIRDS,
THEN THE MUD,
THEN MORE WATER,
THEN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS MORE AND MORE NUMBERLESS TOXIC NUMBINGS KEPT COMING AND I RESPONDED TO OUR PRESIDENTS CALL FOR AN INCREASE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY,
TRANSPARENCY,
RESPONSIBILITY AND
CIVILITY BY MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH MY ART CONTENT.
OF COURSE WE ARTISTS ARE NOT HAVING TO BE AS RESPONSIBLE AS THE:
NEUROSURGEON IMPLANTING A DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION UNIT IN A PATIENT,
OR AS ACCOUNTABLE AS A JET AIRLINE PILOT FLYING TO COSTA RICA
OR AS WAKEFUL AS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER BRINGING FIRST GRADERS BACK HOME AT 2:30PM.
WE ARTISTS ARE ACCOUNTABLE IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY TO MYSTERY ITSELF OR AS POET JEROME ROTHENBERG STATES....WE ARE TECHNICIANS OF THE SACRED.
BUT GOOD CATHOLIC GIRL THAT I HAVE RE-BECOME, I NEED TO GIVE WARNINGS AND DISCLAIMERS JUST IN CASE .......
THE FILMS: THE BUDDHA SAW SICKNESS OLD AGE AND DEATH AND GOT BUSY WAKING UP..I AM INSPIRED TO DO THE SAME, NOT ONLY BECAUSE MY ITALIAN ZEN FATHER USED TO SAY, LINDA WAKE UP ALOT BUT BECAUSE 1. I HAVE A MOVEMENT DISORDER,
2. IM OLD AND
3. MY BEST FRIEND DR ARUNA MEHTA DIED.
DISCLAIMER
1.FOR FILM:THE LISPING ROBOT POVERA:
MY MOTHER COLLECTED MOST OF THESE MASKS AND IN HER 70S WENT OUT TRICK OR TREATING ON HALLOWEEN WEARING THEM. SHE IS MY FIRST PERFORMANCE ART TEACHER. I DISCLAIM THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DISCLAIM HERE, EXCEPT THAT I GREW UP WITH THESE MASKS AND THEY REFERENCE NOTHING BUT MY EARLY CHILDHOOD INFLUENCES AND MY MOTHER'S CREATIVITY. DISCLAIMER
2:FOR FILM DYSTONIA: HIDE YOUR EYES IF U DONT LIKE NEEDLES..
TEXT,
CLEAR YOUR CELLPHONE
, CHECK YOUR EMAIL,
BALANCE YOUR CHECKBOOK
...BUT KNOW THAT MY INTENTION IS TO USE MY PAIN AS A METHOD AND MATERIAL FOR ART. THE WAY I DO THAT IS TO CUT AND PASTE ILLNESS AND BRING IT OUT OF THE OYE VEY MIND, THEN TRANSFORM PAIN WITH WORDS, FILM, PERFORMANCE, BOOKS.... DEMONSTRATING THE RECIEPE:
IF LIFE
OR THE PLANET HURTS MAKE ART,
IF LIFE
OR THE PLANET DOESNT HURT, MAKE ART.
ART IS NEUROBIOLOGY. (HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE A STROKE..TED TALKS...JILL B TAYLOR, NEURO BIOLOGIST)
DISCLAIMER 3 FOR FILM : MOTHER TERESA:WITH ALL DUE RESPECT:ONE DAY WHILE MY DYSTONIA CRAMPED ME OVER , I FELT JUST LIKE MOTHER TERESA. THAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THIS PERFORMANCE.
HONESTLY POPE BENEDICT,
IM NOT PARODYING RELIGION, JUST PRAYING AS ART.
DISCLAIMER 4 FOR FILM : THANK YOU DR ARUNA MEHTA: MATAJI, MA, BA(GRANDMOTHER ) HAS MANY NAMES, BUT I KNOW HER AS THE MOTHER OF COMPASSION. IN THIS FILM ARE FOUR OF HER MANY GRANDCHILDREN: NEHA ,DIMPESH, AMISHA AND ASMI AND HER HUSBAND.
ASHISH, HER GRANDSON IS WITH US TONIGHT.
MY INTENTION IS TO HONOR HER AND SHARE HER GREATNESS WITH U. AT THE END OF THE PERFORMANCE I WILL GIVE YOU A PAPER WHICH CONTAINS ONE OF HER WISDOM SAYINGS.
THIS FILM IS WITHOUT DISCLAIMER.
DISCLAIMER 5 FOR THE YOU TUBE OF 2 YEAR OLD GIRL SINGING..
THE DISCLAIMER IS:COMPASSIONATE HOPE.
AT AMERICAN INDIAN POTLATCHES ,GIFTS WERE GIVEN . I END THIS INTRODUCTION WITH THE GIFT OF A QUICK VERBAL SCAN OF THE BODY..
A GIFT OF GRATITUDE TO THE 300 TRILLION CELLS OF THE BODY,
GRATITUDE TO THE 230 BONES,
THE 650 MUSCLES, NO PAY,
THE 7 GLANDS,
THE 24 FEET OF INTESTINE,
GRATITUDE TO THE HEART, TO THE HEART, TO THE HEART..............
THANK YOU, LINDA
WORKSHOP AT SFAI, SANTA FE PROPOSAL 2008
LINDA MARY MONTANO'S WORKSHOP AT THE SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE: PERFORM YOUR LIFE AND YOUR ART,MARCH 2008
DATES&;TIMES: MONDAY MARCH 10-----FRIDAY MARCH 14,2008 WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
MAKE AN ART OF YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE WITH LINDA M MONTANO
DO YOU WANT TO BRING 3 LIFE OR ART "ISSUES "(FOOD,IMTIMACY,AGING,MONEY,FAME ETC)TO A WORKSHOP AND SEE THEM TURNED INTO CREATIVE MATERIAL INSTANTLY?
MONTANO HAS BEEN PRACTICING HER LIFE-TO-ART WORK SINCE 1969 AND WILL BRING THOSE SKILLS TO THIS WORKSHOP TO SHARE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED,JUST A WILLINGNESS TO FORM A COMMUNITY OF CREATIVE TRUST WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP
A WILLINGNESS TO LAUGH AND DREAM;
A WILLINGNESS TO WEAR A WIG OR DANCE A NEED;
A WILLINGNESS TO SMILE& REMEMBER THAT LIFE OFFERS WONDERFULL OPPORTUNITIES TO TRANSFORM DAILY LIFE INTO JOY/TRAUMA
INTO TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY.
MONTANO HAS TAUGHT THIS METHOD FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
BRING 3 PROPS, MAYBE A WIG? WRITING MATERIALS.DEFINATELY A BLANKET AND LUNCH.
SEE WWW.LINDAMONTANO.COM (ART/LIFE STORY)FOR MORE ABOUT MONTANO.
Linda Mary Montano, a seminal figure in contemporary feminist performance art, has been actively exploring her art/life since the mid 1960s. Her work investigates the relationship between art and life through intricate life altering ceremonies, some of which last for seven or more years. She is interested in the way artistic ritual, often staged as individual interactions or collaborative workshops, can be used to alter and enhance a person's life and to create the opportunity for focus on spiritual energy > states, silence and the cessation of art/life boundaries. > For more about Montano go to www.lindamontano.com
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DATES&;TIMES: MONDAY MARCH 10-----FRIDAY MARCH 14,2008 WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
MAKE AN ART OF YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE WITH LINDA M MONTANO
DO YOU WANT TO BRING 3 LIFE OR ART "ISSUES "(FOOD,IMTIMACY,AGING,MONEY,FAME ETC)TO A WORKSHOP AND SEE THEM TURNED INTO CREATIVE MATERIAL INSTANTLY?
MONTANO HAS BEEN PRACTICING HER LIFE-TO-ART WORK SINCE 1969 AND WILL BRING THOSE SKILLS TO THIS WORKSHOP TO SHARE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED,JUST A WILLINGNESS TO FORM A COMMUNITY OF CREATIVE TRUST WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP
A WILLINGNESS TO LAUGH AND DREAM;
A WILLINGNESS TO WEAR A WIG OR DANCE A NEED;
A WILLINGNESS TO SMILE& REMEMBER THAT LIFE OFFERS WONDERFULL OPPORTUNITIES TO TRANSFORM DAILY LIFE INTO JOY/TRAUMA
INTO TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY.
MONTANO HAS TAUGHT THIS METHOD FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
BRING 3 PROPS, MAYBE A WIG? WRITING MATERIALS.DEFINATELY A BLANKET AND LUNCH.
SEE WWW.LINDAMONTANO.COM (ART/LIFE STORY)FOR MORE ABOUT MONTANO.
Linda Mary Montano, a seminal figure in contemporary feminist performance art, has been actively exploring her art/life since the mid 1960s. Her work investigates the relationship between art and life through intricate life altering ceremonies, some of which last for seven or more years. She is interested in the way artistic ritual, often staged as individual interactions or collaborative workshops, can be used to alter and enhance a person's life and to create the opportunity for focus on spiritual energy > states, silence and the cessation of art/life boundaries. > For more about Montano go to www.lindamontano.com
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THE PERFORMANCE OF SLOW:WORKSHOP
THE PERFORMANCE OF SLOW: for LIFESPRING
We hurry, rush, push delete on our computers, barrell through traffic in our cars, make instant meals but yearn to feel relaxed and want to slow down.
This class will PRACTICE "SLOW".
The medical/personal/psychological benefits are known to all.
This class will include different levels of experience:
1. 15 MINUTES OF VERY SLOW DIRECTED STRETCHING
2. 15 MINUTES OF DIRECTED VISUALIZATIONS OF GRATITUDE
3. 15 MINUTES OF EXPERIENCING SILENCE WHILE SITTING AND USING A SELF CHOSEN WORD OF "COMFORT"
4. 15 MINUTES OF SLOW MOTION SILENT WALKING
5. 10 MINUTES OF VERBAL SHARING
6. 5 MINUTES OF SILENT GRATITUDE
NEEDED: A CLASS MANAGER WITH A GREAT TIME CLOCK
LINDA MARY MONTANO **********************************************************************************************
We hurry, rush, push delete on our computers, barrell through traffic in our cars, make instant meals but yearn to feel relaxed and want to slow down.
This class will PRACTICE "SLOW".
The medical/personal/psychological benefits are known to all.
This class will include different levels of experience:
1. 15 MINUTES OF VERY SLOW DIRECTED STRETCHING
2. 15 MINUTES OF DIRECTED VISUALIZATIONS OF GRATITUDE
3. 15 MINUTES OF EXPERIENCING SILENCE WHILE SITTING AND USING A SELF CHOSEN WORD OF "COMFORT"
4. 15 MINUTES OF SLOW MOTION SILENT WALKING
5. 10 MINUTES OF VERBAL SHARING
6. 5 MINUTES OF SILENT GRATITUDE
NEEDED: A CLASS MANAGER WITH A GREAT TIME CLOCK
LINDA MARY MONTANO **********************************************************************************************
2 POEMS: QUESTIONS FOR ARTISTS & RIGHT WORDS/WRONG RITUAL
QUESTIONS FOR ARTISTS: LINDA MARY MONTANO
1. WHAT IS YOU PRACTICE NOW? NOT BEFORE, NOT FUTURE.
2. WHAT DID YOU LEARN BEFORE?
3. WHAT DO YOU NEED NOT TO LEARN NOW?
4. WHAT DO OTHERS NEED FROM YOU?
5. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GIVE OTHERS NOW?
6. HOW CAN YOU DO YOUR WORK SOLO, APPROPRIATELY?
7. HOW CAN YOU DO YOUR WORK WITH OTHERS, APPROPRIATELY?
8. LIST 3 QUESTIONS YOU ARE ASKING YOURSELF AND ANSWER THEM.
9. SKYPE OR CALL ME TO DISCUSS THESE QUESTIONS.
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1. WHAT IS YOU PRACTICE NOW? NOT BEFORE, NOT FUTURE.
2. WHAT DID YOU LEARN BEFORE?
3. WHAT DO YOU NEED NOT TO LEARN NOW?
4. WHAT DO OTHERS NEED FROM YOU?
5. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GIVE OTHERS NOW?
6. HOW CAN YOU DO YOUR WORK SOLO, APPROPRIATELY?
7. HOW CAN YOU DO YOUR WORK WITH OTHERS, APPROPRIATELY?
8. LIST 3 QUESTIONS YOU ARE ASKING YOURSELF AND ANSWER THEM.
9. SKYPE OR CALL ME TO DISCUSS THESE QUESTIONS.
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