Charlotte Moorman

John Rockwell, "Multimedia Concert at Kitchen Proves Less Than Success." New York Times (February 20, 1973)

The reviewer is unimpressed by the February 1973 concert at The Kitchen; he discusses Charlotte Moorman's performance, Yoshi Wada's musical performance, and Nam June Paik'sscreening of Japanese commercials

This is the press release for the second Women's Video Festival, held at LoGiuduce Gallery over two weeks in September and October 1973.

This document announces three evenings of performances by Charlotte Moorman, which were featured in the Second Annual Women's Video Festival.

This one-page letter from Charlotte Moorman presents preliminary plans for the 11th Annual Avant Garde Festival.

This is a one-page information sheet for artists participating in the 11th Annual Avant Garde Festival wherein Charlotte Moorman outlines instructions and requests practical information.

This letter, signed by Charlotte Moorman, invites artists to participate in the 12th Annual Avant Garde Festival.

This reviewer of the 9th Annual Avant Garde Festival gives her personal impressions of some of the works, the audience, the participants, the site, and the overall ambience.

In this article, Michael Kaufman gives a biographical introduction to Charlotte Moorman, from her beginnings as a student at Juilliard to her discovery of the avant-garde via John Cage. Kaufman also describes works in the 10th Avant Garde Festival.

This reviewer gives a detailed description of her time at the 11th Annual Avant Garde Festival, writing, "I touched, heard, and played with the art works. I even ate several of them."

Jim McWilliams describes one in a series of events that "highlight Charlotte Moorman and Cello as performers." He states that the idea for this event came when he visited Moorman in the hospital after an operation and Moorman was being fed through tubes. Other events in the series include Ice Music for London in 1972, where Moorman played on a cello made of ice, The Second Coming of Charlotte Moorman at the 2nd Annual Avant Garde Festival, and Sky Kiss # 5 at the 6th Annual Avant Garde Festival.

In this hand-written document, Jackson Mac Low describes his proposed work for the 11th Annual Avant Garde Festival, consisting of collages and paintings, with words spelled exclusively from the letters of Charlotte Moorman's name.

In this brief piece, the reviewer considers the 8th Annual Avant Garde Festival as "a study in contradictions of terms. The idea is so absurd and has been for so long that one begins to think it is outrageous."

This one-page document, which includes a drawing, announces an event by Jim McWilliams, to be performed by Charlotte Moorman.

In this letter Bruce Heilman describes two works-in-progress, one that was shown in 1972 Avant Garde Festival and one for the 1973 Festival.

In this unattributed Talk of the Town piece, the author takes an anecdotal approach as he or she waits for Charlotte Moorman to play her cello underwater.

On June 12, 1971, thirty minutes of live network broadcast air time was granted to writer and artist Douglas Davis by WTOP-TV in Washington DC; Viewers were invited to call in to the station and participate in a live electronic performance.

This document announces Charlotte Moorman's performance of Crotch Music by Jim McWilliams as part of the Second Annual Women's Video Festival at the Loguidice Gallery, with Susan Milano (camera) and Shridhar Bapat (video document).

In this letter Anne Tardos proposes that for the 11th Annual Avant Garde Festival she will invite Rufus Zogman to "perform" a metamorphosis, impersonating Tardos by wearing a photo-mask of her face.

In this press release for the first Women's Video Festival at The Kitchen in 1972, Susan Milano announces that the Festival will present video works "created, produced or directed by women" that "cover the full spectrum of half-inch video applications, from video-verite to electronic abstraction." The release notes that the program will include a documentary on lesbian mothers, a tape about tattooing, a live video/dance event, and tapes on rape and abortion.