10 10 2141 https://s3.amazonaws.com/lynnbook/original/8f28e97fe541431eac9166d6c02a4a33.tif c59964c8edd8e9ca77e8bc730d399aa0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Physical Vision, 1989-91, multimedia performance Description An account of the resource Lynn Book’s original multimedia performance project, Physical Vision, premiered at Randolph Street Gallery, in Chicago, December, 1989 and continued to be performed through 1990 at venues in Chicago and New York. For this solo project, Book was interrogating Woman’s subjectivity within and outside of patriarchal structures, in particular, via language and visual representation. Book’s provocative physicality in conjunction with disruptive writing and voice tactics challenged notions of the 19th C hysteric feminine that initiates the performance as a preset with the performer arranging flowers in a large vase as the audience enters the space. Sketching a disjointed trajectory Book transforms into a complexity of gender plays, ending with a typically masculinized rock and roller contemporary to the time of the performance in the late 1980s. The project marked the first time Book worked with a director - Jill Daly, and was a continuation of her collaboration with experimental filmmaker, Sharon Couzin that began with “Standing In”. Cousin shot and edited a short film, with Book (co-directing the film) and Daly performing that worked with selected text from Marguerite Duras’ “The Malady of Death”. Kent Devereaux composed sound for the project and Lou Mallozzi was the lighting designer. Book wrote and/or arranged found text (except for the Duras excerpt) and composed the vocal melodies. Items included in this collection include: video documentation from the Randolph Street Gallery and Organic Theater performances, as well as 2 studies; 60 color photo slides from the Organic Theater performance, performance text, a film for the performance, audio files played during the performance, press reviews, venue brochures, announcements. Collaborators/Credits: Lynn Book, artist, writer*, co-film director, co-sound designer, set and costume designer Jill Daly, director, co-performer in film Sharon Couzin, filmmaker, co-film director Kent Devereaux, composer, co-sound designer Lou Mallozzi, lighting designer *The performance text was written primarily by Book, but also included excerpts from Marguerite Duras’, “The Malady of Death”, a medieval description of odiferous atmospheres, edited by Piero Camporesi titled, “The Incorruptible Flesh: Bodily Mutation and Mortification in Religion and Folklore”, and a found text on the term corsage. A primary theoretical reference was Trinh T. Minh Haha’s, “Woman, Native, Other”. Additional references of note included critical French Feminists Helene Cixous and Luce Irigaray. Performances: Physical Vision, study, 1989, Club Lower Links, Chicago, benefit for Whitewalls, a magazine of writings by artists published in Chicago (1978-2002) Physical Vision, study, 1989, Memphis Center for Contemporary Art, Memphis Physical Vision, study, 1989, WKNO TV broadcast with interview, Memphis Physical Vision, premier, 1989, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago Physical Vision, 1990, Organic Theater, Chicago Physical Vision, 1990, Chicago Academy for the Arts, Chicago Physical Vision, 1990, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, NY Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Physical Vision, 1989, Chicago, multimedia performance, research notes 05 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PhyVis_1989_Chgo_multperf_researchnotes05 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource image;still image Relation A related resource Physical Vision Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Book, Lynn Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Allowed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant US -- Illinois -- Cook -- Chicago Language A language of the resource eng; https://s3.amazonaws.com/lynnbook/original/7176ee0c0b92f321207015913bb4ff58.tif 1f6eea4f10f25f4779dc94530f780cbc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Physical Vision, 1989-91, multimedia performance Description An account of the resource Lynn Book’s original multimedia performance project, Physical Vision, premiered at Randolph Street Gallery, in Chicago, December, 1989 and continued to be performed through 1990 at venues in Chicago and New York. For this solo project, Book was interrogating Woman’s subjectivity within and outside of patriarchal structures, in particular, via language and visual representation. Book’s provocative physicality in conjunction with disruptive writing and voice tactics challenged notions of the 19th C hysteric feminine that initiates the performance as a preset with the performer arranging flowers in a large vase as the audience enters the space. Sketching a disjointed trajectory Book transforms into a complexity of gender plays, ending with a typically masculinized rock and roller contemporary to the time of the performance in the late 1980s. The project marked the first time Book worked with a director - Jill Daly, and was a continuation of her collaboration with experimental filmmaker, Sharon Couzin that began with “Standing In”. Cousin shot and edited a short film, with Book (co-directing the film) and Daly performing that worked with selected text from Marguerite Duras’ “The Malady of Death”. Kent Devereaux composed sound for the project and Lou Mallozzi was the lighting designer. Book wrote and/or arranged found text (except for the Duras excerpt) and composed the vocal melodies. Items included in this collection include: video documentation from the Randolph Street Gallery and Organic Theater performances, as well as 2 studies; 60 color photo slides from the Organic Theater performance, performance text, a film for the performance, audio files played during the performance, press reviews, venue brochures, announcements. Collaborators/Credits: Lynn Book, artist, writer*, co-film director, co-sound designer, set and costume designer Jill Daly, director, co-performer in film Sharon Couzin, filmmaker, co-film director Kent Devereaux, composer, co-sound designer Lou Mallozzi, lighting designer *The performance text was written primarily by Book, but also included excerpts from Marguerite Duras’, “The Malady of Death”, a medieval description of odiferous atmospheres, edited by Piero Camporesi titled, “The Incorruptible Flesh: Bodily Mutation and Mortification in Religion and Folklore”, and a found text on the term corsage. A primary theoretical reference was Trinh T. Minh Haha’s, “Woman, Native, Other”. Additional references of note included critical French Feminists Helene Cixous and Luce Irigaray. Performances: Physical Vision, study, 1989, Club Lower Links, Chicago, benefit for Whitewalls, a magazine of writings by artists published in Chicago (1978-2002) Physical Vision, study, 1989, Memphis Center for Contemporary Art, Memphis Physical Vision, study, 1989, WKNO TV broadcast with interview, Memphis Physical Vision, premier, 1989, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago Physical Vision, 1990, Organic Theater, Chicago Physical Vision, 1990, Chicago Academy for the Arts, Chicago Physical Vision, 1990, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, NY Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Physical Vision, 1989, Chicago, multimedia performance, research notes 04 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PhyVis_1989_Chgo_mult-perf_researchnotes01_01.tif Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource image;still image Relation A related resource Physical Vision Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Book, Lynn Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Allowed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant US -- Illinois -- Cook -- Chicago Language A language of the resource eng; https://s3.amazonaws.com/lynnbook/original/95c07d1eaf5a05579346d60b09b2776e.jpg 61e1ec8a984c099078121e635721f498 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1995-98, multimedia performance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-1998 Description An account of the resource “Mercuria” was a collaborative multimedia project that Lynn Book developed and performed with vocal artist and Meredith Monk company member, Theo Bleckmann from 1995 to 1998. The Mercuria collection is comprised of several video documents from Chicago and New York including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and at HERE in New York City. Overall, the artists considered this project an encounter with the fluidity of time, desire, sexuality and memory through robust vocal and physical experimentation and composition. They co-designed the lighting and staging, as well as the real time recording through various audio cassette players known as the ‘walkman’. Book was the primary writer of text passages for the performance, with Beckmann contributing to more improvised sections, such as “Two Fighters”. “Mercuria” got its start as “In Passing” when Book was invited for a project residency at one of Chicago’s most enduring alternative artist-run spaces (1973-1997). She and Bleckmann, who lived in New York, launched their process via “mail, fax, phone and tape”. Collaborators along the way included, Chris Pretorious, Eric Leonardson and Jens Brand. The collection includes several video documents, both edited and complete performances, performance text and notes, color slides and photo stills, venue brochures and announcements, and press reviews. Credits: Lynn Book, co-creator, co-artistic director, writer, composer, performer Theo Bleckmann, co-creator, co-artistic director, composer, performer Collaborators and Contributors: Jens Brand, Sound Chris Pretorious, Lighting Eric Leonardson, Sound Performance Dates: 1995, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago 1996, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York City 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1998, HERE, New York City Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, In Passing, 1995, Chicago, N.A.M.E. Gallery, multimedia performance, press photo Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mercuria-InPassing_1995_Chgo-NAME_multperf_pressphoto.jpg Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Type The nature or genre of the resource image;still image Relation A related resource Mercuria Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Book, Lynn Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Allowed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant US -- Illinois -- Cook -- Chicago -- N.A.M.E Gallery Language A language of the resource eng; https://s3.amazonaws.com/lynnbook/original/2b1578e88ac915923033397d17928899.pdf 3e2baec3eca273c79c7114c0aae3e58a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1995-98, multimedia performance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-1998 Description An account of the resource “Mercuria” was a collaborative multimedia project that Lynn Book developed and performed with vocal artist and Meredith Monk company member, Theo Bleckmann from 1995 to 1998. The Mercuria collection is comprised of several video documents from Chicago and New York including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and at HERE in New York City. Overall, the artists considered this project an encounter with the fluidity of time, desire, sexuality and memory through robust vocal and physical experimentation and composition. They co-designed the lighting and staging, as well as the real time recording through various audio cassette players known as the ‘walkman’. Book was the primary writer of text passages for the performance, with Beckmann contributing to more improvised sections, such as “Two Fighters”. “Mercuria” got its start as “In Passing” when Book was invited for a project residency at one of Chicago’s most enduring alternative artist-run spaces (1973-1997). She and Bleckmann, who lived in New York, launched their process via “mail, fax, phone and tape”. Collaborators along the way included, Chris Pretorious, Eric Leonardson and Jens Brand. The collection includes several video documents, both edited and complete performances, performance text and notes, color slides and photo stills, venue brochures and announcements, and press reviews. Credits: Lynn Book, co-creator, co-artistic director, writer, composer, performer Theo Bleckmann, co-creator, co-artistic director, composer, performer Collaborators and Contributors: Jens Brand, Sound Chris Pretorious, Lighting Eric Leonardson, Sound Performance Dates: 1995, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago 1996, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York City 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1998, HERE, New York City Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1998, NYC, HERE, multimedia performance, New York Press, review Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mercura_1998_NYC-HERE_multperf_review01.pdf Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource image;still image Relation A related resource Mercuria Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Book, Lynn Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Allowed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant US -- New York -- New York -- New York -- HERE Language A language of the resource eng; https://s3.amazonaws.com/lynnbook/original/95eb1cd1a87fdfb70f54052e0eb682fe.pdf 31205fde231d4ff611b93f93d06792ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1995-98, multimedia performance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-1998 Description An account of the resource “Mercuria” was a collaborative multimedia project that Lynn Book developed and performed with vocal artist and Meredith Monk company member, Theo Bleckmann from 1995 to 1998. The Mercuria collection is comprised of several video documents from Chicago and New York including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and at HERE in New York City. Overall, the artists considered this project an encounter with the fluidity of time, desire, sexuality and memory through robust vocal and physical experimentation and composition. They co-designed the lighting and staging, as well as the real time recording through various audio cassette players known as the ‘walkman’. Book was the primary writer of text passages for the performance, with Beckmann contributing to more improvised sections, such as “Two Fighters”. “Mercuria” got its start as “In Passing” when Book was invited for a project residency at one of Chicago’s most enduring alternative artist-run spaces (1973-1997). She and Bleckmann, who lived in New York, launched their process via “mail, fax, phone and tape”. Collaborators along the way included, Chris Pretorious, Eric Leonardson and Jens Brand. The collection includes several video documents, both edited and complete performances, performance text and notes, color slides and photo stills, venue brochures and announcements, and press reviews. Credits: Lynn Book, co-creator, co-artistic director, writer, composer, performer Theo Bleckmann, co-creator, co-artistic director, composer, performer Collaborators and Contributors: Jens Brand, Sound Chris Pretorious, Lighting Eric Leonardson, Sound Performance Dates: 1995, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago 1996, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York City 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1998, HERE, New York City Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1997, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, multimedia performance, Chicago Sun Times, preview Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mercuria_1997_Chgo-MCA_multperf_preview01.pdf Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource image;still image Relation A related resource Mercuria Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Book, Lynn Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Allowed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant US -- Illinois -- Cook -- Chicago -- Museum of Contemporary Art Language A language of the resource eng; https://s3.amazonaws.com/lynnbook/original/57c96c1b74b0b82d9689ee03ac289482.pdf 8ac499da2d86ff1871998371a2178744 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1995-98, multimedia performance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-1998 Description An account of the resource “Mercuria” was a collaborative multimedia project that Lynn Book developed and performed with vocal artist and Meredith Monk company member, Theo Bleckmann from 1995 to 1998. The Mercuria collection is comprised of several video documents from Chicago and New York including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and at HERE in New York City. Overall, the artists considered this project an encounter with the fluidity of time, desire, sexuality and memory through robust vocal and physical experimentation and composition. They co-designed the lighting and staging, as well as the real time recording through various audio cassette players known as the ‘walkman’. Book was the primary writer of text passages for the performance, with Beckmann contributing to more improvised sections, such as “Two Fighters”. “Mercuria” got its start as “In Passing” when Book was invited for a project residency at one of Chicago’s most enduring alternative artist-run spaces (1973-1997). She and Bleckmann, who lived in New York, launched their process via “mail, fax, phone and tape”. Collaborators along the way included, Chris Pretorious, Eric Leonardson and Jens Brand. The collection includes several video documents, both edited and complete performances, performance text and notes, color slides and photo stills, venue brochures and announcements, and press reviews. Credits: Lynn Book, co-creator, co-artistic director, writer, composer, performer Theo Bleckmann, co-creator, co-artistic director, composer, performer Collaborators and Contributors: Jens Brand, Sound Chris Pretorious, Lighting Eric Leonardson, Sound Performance Dates: 1995, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago 1996, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York City 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1998, HERE, New York City Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1997, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, multimedia performance, Chicago Tribune, review Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mercuria_1997_Chgo-MCA_multperf_review01.pdf Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource image;still image Relation A related resource Mercuria Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Book, Lynn Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Allowed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant US -- Illinois -- Cook -- Chicago -- Museum of Contemporary Art Language A language of the resource eng; https://s3.amazonaws.com/lynnbook/original/9928e5dd25ad31f518fb397cd593933e.pdf a7f0d0ddd180e6e54d03a091c1069063 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1995-98, multimedia performance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-1998 Description An account of the resource “Mercuria” was a collaborative multimedia project that Lynn Book developed and performed with vocal artist and Meredith Monk company member, Theo Bleckmann from 1995 to 1998. The Mercuria collection is comprised of several video documents from Chicago and New York including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and at HERE in New York City. Overall, the artists considered this project an encounter with the fluidity of time, desire, sexuality and memory through robust vocal and physical experimentation and composition. They co-designed the lighting and staging, as well as the real time recording through various audio cassette players known as the ‘walkman’. Book was the primary writer of text passages for the performance, with Beckmann contributing to more improvised sections, such as “Two Fighters”. “Mercuria” got its start as “In Passing” when Book was invited for a project residency at one of Chicago’s most enduring alternative artist-run spaces (1973-1997). She and Bleckmann, who lived in New York, launched their process via “mail, fax, phone and tape”. Collaborators along the way included, Chris Pretorious, Eric Leonardson and Jens Brand. The collection includes several video documents, both edited and complete performances, performance text and notes, color slides and photo stills, venue brochures and announcements, and press reviews. Credits: Lynn Book, co-creator, co-artistic director, writer, composer, performer Theo Bleckmann, co-creator, co-artistic director, composer, performer Collaborators and Contributors: Jens Brand, Sound Chris Pretorious, Lighting Eric Leonardson, Sound Performance Dates: 1995, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago 1996, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York City 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1998, HERE, New York City Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1997, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, multimedia performance, Chicago Sun Times, review Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mercuria_1997_Chgo-MCA_multperf_review02.pdf Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource image;still image Relation A related resource Mercuria Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Book, Lynn Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Allowed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant US -- Illinois -- Cook -- Chicago -- Museum of Contemporary Art Language A language of the resource eng; https://s3.amazonaws.com/lynnbook/original/df1a94a50e9e5d8d2b69cb1aa7a371fa.pdf 56a2f949e3ccd242a237a65af96a96ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1995-98, multimedia performance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-1998 Description An account of the resource “Mercuria” was a collaborative multimedia project that Lynn Book developed and performed with vocal artist and Meredith Monk company member, Theo Bleckmann from 1995 to 1998. The Mercuria collection is comprised of several video documents from Chicago and New York including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and at HERE in New York City. Overall, the artists considered this project an encounter with the fluidity of time, desire, sexuality and memory through robust vocal and physical experimentation and composition. They co-designed the lighting and staging, as well as the real time recording through various audio cassette players known as the ‘walkman’. Book was the primary writer of text passages for the performance, with Beckmann contributing to more improvised sections, such as “Two Fighters”. “Mercuria” got its start as “In Passing” when Book was invited for a project residency at one of Chicago’s most enduring alternative artist-run spaces (1973-1997). She and Bleckmann, who lived in New York, launched their process via “mail, fax, phone and tape”. Collaborators along the way included, Chris Pretorious, Eric Leonardson and Jens Brand. The collection includes several video documents, both edited and complete performances, performance text and notes, color slides and photo stills, venue brochures and announcements, and press reviews. Credits: Lynn Book, co-creator, co-artistic director, writer, composer, performer Theo Bleckmann, co-creator, co-artistic director, composer, performer Collaborators and Contributors: Jens Brand, Sound Chris Pretorious, Lighting Eric Leonardson, Sound Performance Dates: 1995, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago 1996, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York City 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1998, HERE, New York City Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1997, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, multimedia performance, Art Journal, review Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mercuria_1997_Chgo-MCA_multperf_review03.pdf Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource image;still image Relation A related resource Mercuria Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Book, Lynn Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Allowed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant US -- Illinois -- Cook -- Chicago -- Museum of Contemporary Art Language A language of the resource eng; https://s3.amazonaws.com/lynnbook/original/254338f60b7932e3b8111950d7a1af81.pdf 42f97731d6ddbfbe762f8e1894fb0131 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1995-98, multimedia performance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-1998 Description An account of the resource “Mercuria” was a collaborative multimedia project that Lynn Book developed and performed with vocal artist and Meredith Monk company member, Theo Bleckmann from 1995 to 1998. The Mercuria collection is comprised of several video documents from Chicago and New York including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and at HERE in New York City. Overall, the artists considered this project an encounter with the fluidity of time, desire, sexuality and memory through robust vocal and physical experimentation and composition. They co-designed the lighting and staging, as well as the real time recording through various audio cassette players known as the ‘walkman’. Book was the primary writer of text passages for the performance, with Beckmann contributing to more improvised sections, such as “Two Fighters”. “Mercuria” got its start as “In Passing” when Book was invited for a project residency at one of Chicago’s most enduring alternative artist-run spaces (1973-1997). She and Bleckmann, who lived in New York, launched their process via “mail, fax, phone and tape”. Collaborators along the way included, Chris Pretorious, Eric Leonardson and Jens Brand. The collection includes several video documents, both edited and complete performances, performance text and notes, color slides and photo stills, venue brochures and announcements, and press reviews. Credits: Lynn Book, co-creator, co-artistic director, writer, composer, performer Theo Bleckmann, co-creator, co-artistic director, composer, performer Collaborators and Contributors: Jens Brand, Sound Chris Pretorious, Lighting Eric Leonardson, Sound Performance Dates: 1995, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago 1996, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York City 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1998, HERE, New York City Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1997, NYC, HERE, multimedia performance, New York Times, critic's choice Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mercuria_1997_NYC-HERE-AC_multperf_criticschoice01.pdf Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource image;still image Relation A related resource Mercuria Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Book, Lynn Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Allowed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant US -- New York -- New York -- New York -- HERE Language A language of the resource eng; https://s3.amazonaws.com/lynnbook/original/2dca0031b05a2b85243d5d40439cef09.pdf bbabe9cf55c621bb996bcb7405914633 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, 1995-98, multimedia performance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-1998 Description An account of the resource “Mercuria” was a collaborative multimedia project that Lynn Book developed and performed with vocal artist and Meredith Monk company member, Theo Bleckmann from 1995 to 1998. The Mercuria collection is comprised of several video documents from Chicago and New York including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and at HERE in New York City. Overall, the artists considered this project an encounter with the fluidity of time, desire, sexuality and memory through robust vocal and physical experimentation and composition. They co-designed the lighting and staging, as well as the real time recording through various audio cassette players known as the ‘walkman’. Book was the primary writer of text passages for the performance, with Beckmann contributing to more improvised sections, such as “Two Fighters”. “Mercuria” got its start as “In Passing” when Book was invited for a project residency at one of Chicago’s most enduring alternative artist-run spaces (1973-1997). She and Bleckmann, who lived in New York, launched their process via “mail, fax, phone and tape”. Collaborators along the way included, Chris Pretorious, Eric Leonardson and Jens Brand. The collection includes several video documents, both edited and complete performances, performance text and notes, color slides and photo stills, venue brochures and announcements, and press reviews. Credits: Lynn Book, co-creator, co-artistic director, writer, composer, performer Theo Bleckmann, co-creator, co-artistic director, composer, performer Collaborators and Contributors: Jens Brand, Sound Chris Pretorious, Lighting Eric Leonardson, Sound Performance Dates: 1995, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago 1996, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York City 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1998, HERE, New York City Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mercuria, In Passing, 1995, Chicago, N.A.M.E. Gallery, multimedia performance, Chicago News and Arts Weekly, review Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mercuria-InPassing_1995_Chgo-NAME-Gallery_multperf_review01.pdf Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource image;still image Relation A related resource Mercuria Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Book, Lynn Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Allowed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant US -- Illinois -- Cook -- Chicago -- N.A.M.E Gallery Language A language of the resource eng;