Item Information
Title: Audio recording for Carnival: Ritual of Reversal
Date: circa 1984
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 5 min., 31 sec.
Description: Recording stops and starts, has noise and portions of background music. Recording contains conversations between Senga Nengudi and an unnamed woman and an unnamed man, and fragments of monologues by an unnamed man. Portions of recording are repeated. Conversation topics are wide-ranging. Recording includes sexual content. Notes copied from the tape: Includes Carnival featuring Barbara McCullough, Senga Nengudi, Jill Crane, Kenneth Severin, and Jill Crane. Date range is based on group exhibition "Carnival: Ritual of Reversal", which was held at Kenkeleba House, New York, in 1985. Senga Nengudi was one of the artists in the exhibition. Some language in this recording may be offensive or disturbing to listeners. It is presented as it exists in the original recording for the benefit of research. This material in no way reflects the views of the Archives of American Art or the Smithsonian Institution.
Creator: Nengudi, Senga, 1943-
Forms part of: Senga Nengudi papers, 1947, circa 1962-2017
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Senga Nengudi. Audio recording for Carnival: Ritual of Reversal, circa 1984. Senga Nengudi papers, 1947, circa 1962-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 24954