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  4. 4.3:Performance Art Projects, 1979-1996, 2017

Fred Truck papers, 1960-2019

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4.3:Performance Art Projects, 1979-1996, 2017

Series comprises records of three of Truck's performance art projects: the Des Moines Festival of the Avant Garde, Electric Bank, and Performance Bank.
Records of the Des Moines Festival of the Avant Garde include a June 1998 letter from the Des Moines Art Center enclosing "newly printed catalogues and photographic material" the art center had borrowed for a 50th anniversary celebration of the festival. The mounted photographs and catalog from the festival may have been part of the material returned by the center. Also found here is 2008 documentation in the form of a receipt for registering the domain name for desmoinesfestivalavantgarde.org and a photocopy of the festival catalog.
Records relating to Electric Bank, a nonprofit foundation supporting performance art, include founding and administrative documents such as articles of incorporation, corporate certificates, amendments, private foundation status documentation, directors and annual reports, scattered meeting minutes, and records of dissolution in 1995.
Performance bank records include "biographies" which consist of biographical summaries and other material sent by artists in response to Truck's invitation to participate in Performance Bank, including letters, mail art, printed material, photographs, and other items. Additional documentation includes layouts for and photographs of Truck participating in "A silent poem performed in mime by one or more persons as desired," a performance art project by Opal L. Nations, Fred Truck, and Tim Benson; a box of mail art compiled by Jürgen Olbrich; and memos, scripts, and visuals, relating to a performance art project copyrighted 1982 by Truck.
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Des Moines Festival of the Avant Garde, Catalog, 1979, 1998
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Des Moines Festival of the Avant Garde, Cavellini Stickers and Cards, 1979
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8
Des Moines Festival of the Avant Garde, Domain Name and Catalog Copy, 2008
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9
Des Moines Festival of the Avant Garde, Events Motion Picture, Reel 1, 1979
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 15
Des Moines Festival of the Avant Garde, Events Motion Picture, Reel 2, 1979
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 16
Des Moines Festival of the Avant Garde, Layout for Catalog and Photographs, Oversized, 1979
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9
Des Moines Festival of the Avant Garde, Photographs, 1979
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10-14
Des Moines Festival of the Avant Garde, Photographs, Contact Sheets and Negatives, 1979
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15
Electric Bank, 1980s
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16
Electric Bank, 1980s-1996
8
17
Electric Bank, 990 PF Documentation, 1980s
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18
Electric Bank, Annual and Directors Reports, 1987-1988
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19
Electric Bank, Flyer Master, 1980s
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20
Electric Bank, Joro (Joe Rosen), "Palm-Size Plastic Case Series", 1992-1994
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21
Electric Bank, Vernon Reed Presentation, 1990
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22
Performance Bank, Biographies, Banana, Anna, circa 1980-1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Below, Peter, circa 1979-1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Burnham, Linda, 1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Cole, David, 1981-1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Filliou, Robert, 1984
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Frangione, Nicola, 1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Gerlovin, Rimma and Valery, circa 1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Gerlovin, Rimma and Valery, circa 1981-circa 1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Groh, Klaus, 1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Higgins, Dick, 1978, 1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Le Clair, Abdada, 1979-1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Peppe, Michael, circa 1983
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Performance Bank, Biographies, Notes for All, circa 1983
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Performance Bank, "Bonds of Performance", 1982
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Performance Bank, Edgar, Robert, Course, circa 1986
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Performance Bank, Jürgen Olbrich Mail Art Box, circa 1980s, circa 2017
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Performance Bank, "Memos," "Scripts," and "Visuals", 1982
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39-40
Performance Bank, Opal Nations, Fred Truck, and Tim Benson Poem, Oversized, 1982
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10
Performance Bank, Postcards, Oversized, circa 1982
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11
Performance Bank, Untitled Project, Oversized, circa 1982
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12

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