Collection Information
Size: 351 Pages, Transcript
Format: Transcript has not been edited. Originally recorded on 8 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 16 digital wav files. Duration is 11 hrs., 50 min.
Summary: An interview of Mary Lucier conducted 1990 Apr.-Nov., by Cynthia Nadelman, for the Archives of American Art. Lucier discusses her family history; education at Brandeis; experiences participating in the avant-garde music scene of the 1960s with the Sonic Arts Union; the Annual Avant Garde Festival; the Kitchen (New York exhibition space); the ONCE group; her performance pieces; projection art; earthworks; conceptual art; dance; installations, and Happenings. She recalls her video pieces, including "Ohio at Giverny," "Salt," "Antique," "Untitled Display System," "Dawn Burn," "Paris Burn," "Equinox," "Air Writing," "Fire Writing," "Planet," "Bird's Eye," "Denman's Col," "Wintergarden," "Asylum," "If I could fly, I would fly," "MASS," and "Noah's Raven."
She recalls traveling for her work; editing her work; influences, including Claude Monet; audiences; sound and music; her publication work; editing Theatre Crafts Magazine; working with museums and galleries; criticism; copies and copyright; collectors, among other topics. She recalls associations with Alvin Lucier; Carolee Schneeman; Sahl Swarz; Karlheinz Stockhausen; Robert Ashley; John Cage; Merce Cunningham; Gordon Mumma; Shigeko Kubota; Nam June Paik; Davidson Gigliotti; Cecilia Sandoval; Charlotte Moorman; Bruce Nauman; Vito Acconci; La Monte Young; Earl Howard; Elizabeth Streb, among others.