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Letters from Linda M. Montano is an anthology of writings by one of the seminal performance artists of the last century. It provides an autobiographical and historical record of Montano's artistic practice over the last thirty years, collecting together stories, fairytales, letters, interviews, manifestos and other previously unpublished writings. At the same time, the book acts as a 'how-to' manual for aspiring performance artists, offering practical guidance for students and a range of exercises that Montano has used in her teachings and workshops. Finally, Letters from Linda M. Montano represents a performance in itself, in which the artist considers the process of writing, creating and bringing the work to fruition as another form of 'endurance performance' similar to that of her durational works 14 Years of Living Art and Blood Family Art.
COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF GISELA GAMPER.
| Preface | p. xi |
| Introduction I | p. 1 |
| An astral interview: an email exchange between | p. 3 |
| Introduction II | p. 15 |
| A chakra fairy tale | p. 17 |
| Interviews | p. 29 |
| God I love time | p. 31 |
| The year of the rope | p. 39 |
| I slept with Linda Montano | p. 48 |
| Interviews with conceptual artists: Linda M. Montano | p. 53 |
| Burger King and the avant-garde | p. 64 |
| The Ecstasy of Sister Rose | p. 71 |
| Forgiveness as spring-cleaning: Why artists now want to be saints | p. 73 |
| Erotica | p. 81 |
| Art as spiritual practice: Enculturation/brain waves/temporal lobe seizures | p. 87 |
| Teresa of Avila...a story | p. 94 |
| Little Linda (LL) becomes Performance Artist/Chicken Linda (PACL) becomes Roman Catholic Linda Mary (RCLM) | p. 105 |
| Writings | p. 109 |
| Art as therapy: The reason I decided to become an Art/Life counselor | p. 111 |
| My astral history | p. 117 |
| 1 plus 1 equals 1 | p. 119 |
| Endurance then and now | p. 123 |
| Audience and the art of Linda Montano | p. 129 |
| A performance art timeline (Roselee Goldberg): Thoughts on performance art | p. 136 |
| Performance art for the twenty-first century | p. 144 |
| Artists/Lifeists | p. 148 |
| Living art: Time spent artfully alone or not alone | p. 150 |
| 14 Years of Living Art and 21 Years of Living Art | p. 153 |
| 7 Years of Living Art: An experience based on the seven energy centers in the body | p. 155 |
| 7 Years of Living Art: Preliminary notes | p. 156 |
| Linda Montano | p. 161 |
| The Art/Life Institute presents Another 7 Years of Living Art | p. 166 |
| Why 14 Years of Living Art year-end reports are not in this book: An open letter | p. 169 |
| 14 Years of Living Art chart | p. 172 |
| Transitions | p. 173 |
| Tenure | p. 175 |
| Dad Art | p. 197 |
| Death | p. 220 |
| How-To Manual | p. 253 |
| Statement: MFA Chicken Show | p. 255 |
| What is performance? | p. 256 |
| Performance statement | p. 257 |
| Why computation is like meditation | p. 258 |
| Recipe for seeing life without guilt | p. 259 |
| No more fear of the Catholic Church | p. 260 |
| Performance and hazing | p. 261 |
| Teaching performance | p. 263 |
| Teaching performance in the 1960s and 1970s | p. 269 |
| Sister Rosita's summer saint camp | p. 271 |
| You know you're a performance artist if | p. 273 |
| A sample Art/Life counseling phone session | p. 275 |
| (Self-)Interview: Teaching performance art | p. 279 |
| A Letter from Linda | p. 285 |
| A goodbye letter from Linda | p. 287 |
| Interviewers' biographies | p. 291 |
| Notes | p. 293 |
| Select bibliography | p. 297 |
| Index | p. 301 |
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ISBN: 9780415339421
ISBN-10: 0415339421
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 303
Published: 26th January 2005
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 24.03 x 16.1
x 2.9
Weight (kg): 0.52
Edition Number: 1
