Fifty-five years ago, I was active in the 1970’s Alternative Art movement in SoHo Manhattan, NYC.
Of the ten primary alternative spaces in existence at that time I was involved with two, Apple and 112 Greene Street Workshop, where I did several solo works and participated in a number of collaborative shows. As was typical of that time, these works did not produce polished art objects, but rather took place in time, lasted from mere minutes to several days even several weeks and typically consisted of an initial installation that evolved daily over the course of the show. They were not scripted nor theatrical by nature but were visual psychological experiences. These works were documented through photography, journal keeping, daily notes posted on the walls of the gallery, concept drawings and artifacts selected at the work’s conclusion. Reference to several of these works can be found in the book, The 112 Greene Street Workshop, volume two and in the book from the 1981 show at the New Museum, NYC, titled, Alternatives in Retrospect - An historical overview 1969 – 1975.
