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WHAT IS AN uh uh APARTMENT FESTIVAL???????
APT like Neoism as
minus the superfluous middle which would digustingly make it ART.
APT as APT. APT as apartment: a space again skipping the ART intermediate of performance
spaces as buffer between public & performer's private life, the Peking
Poolroom as Kiki Bonbon's APT.
tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
The APT festivals are usually one week events with various
activities such as conferences and performances,
but the main purpose of these friendship gatherings,
drills, habitation manoeuvres is to create a simple and
comfortable situation for personal meetings between the concerned
collaborators.
The APT fests are neither "performance art" nor
"installation" festivals.
The APT fests are the "fêtes mobiles" of the Neoist Network
Web.
occured in Sept 1980, at
"No-Galero" in Montreal with the participation of Monty Cantsin,
Lion Lazer, Niels Lomholt, Alain Snyers, Reinhardt U. Sevol, Napoléon
Moffat, Kiki Bonbon.
The series continued in febr 1981 in Kiki Bonbon's Peking Poolroom. Several
members of the Krononautic Society assisted this event.
took place in Baltimore (MD), coordinated by the Krononauts, from
may 29 to jun 7, 1981. Among the participants were Richard X.,
David Zack, Richard Hambleton, Kirby Malone, tENTATIVELY,
Marshall Reese, Monty Cantsin, Bonnie Bonell,
Sumu Pretzler, Ruth Turner, Dava Presslor, Lisa Mandle, Tom Konyves, Michael
Gentile, Tom Diventi and others.
was a "two-city-event" as it started in Toronto and finished
in Montreal. The Toronto gathering, "Public Works", was generated
by Gordon W., Kent Tate, Gary Shilling. A significant number
of Montreal and Baltimore representatives were present. After three days in
Toronto, the festival moved to Montreal and continued at the Low Theatre until
oct 18, 1981
New York City, March 15-21, 1982, des REFUSES
Würzburg, West Germany, June 21-27, 1982, Studio 58
Montreal, Feb. 21-27, 1983, Neoist Embassy
Baltimore (MD), Sept. 20-25, 1983, tENTATIVELY's APT
London, England, Spring 1984, N.E.U.
Ponte Nossa, Italy, June 1-7, 1985, ARTESTUDIO Emilio Morandi
Paris, France & Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1986, N.E.U. art & Pregroperativistic Movement
Berlin, Germany, Dec. 1-7, 1986, Artcore Gallery & Stiletto Studios
Lower East Side, New York City, November 1988
Paris, France, December 21, 1994-January 1, 1995
"The so-called 'Festival(s) Of Plagiarism' were essentially an
outgrowth of the Neoist Apartment Festivals, collective events which
themselves plagiarized the Fluxus festivals of a few years before.
The primary difference between the Festivals of Plagiarism and the
Neoist festivals were the Plagiarists' intention to focus on a single
set of ideas; plagiarism and so forth. Plagiarism had been an element
of Neoist activity, but Neoist festivals had and have an
omnidirectional character and involved an assortment of
experimentation and exotica in presentations, politics and habitation.
During the 'Festival Of Plagiarism' in London, a repetitive critique
of 'ownership' and 'originality' in culture was juxtaposed with
collective events, in which a majority of participants did not
explicitly agree with the polemics. Many of the participants
simply wanted to have their 'aesthetic' and vaguely political
artwork exposed, and found the festival a receptive
vehicle for doing so."
Karen Eliot
See also: "History
Begins Where Life Ends"
Documentation of the "Festivals of Plagiarism" following
the London event in Stephen Perkins (ed.),
Festival of Plagiarism, San Francisco 1989,
available from Plagiarist Press, 221 W. Benton,
Iowa City, IA 52246, $3 U.S./$4 overseas
London 1988, Jan. 1-27, several locations
Festival of Plagiarism
Madison/Wisconsin 1988, Jan. 29-20, 1988, Wilmar Center
Festival of Plagiarism
San Francisco 1988, Feb. 5-7, Artist's Television Access
Festival of Plagiarism
Braunschweig 1988, June 9-11, Academy of Fine Arts
Fifth International Festival of Plagiarism
Glasgow 1989, Aug. 4-11, Transmission Gallery
Baltimore, 1988
Dundee, Scotland 1988
