The Avant-Garde Festival at Shea: In Which Charlotte Moorman Attempts to Play Her Cello on a Trapeze and Succeeds in Kicking It, Thereby Making a Sound

Robin Reisig

Nov 21, 1974

The Avant-Garde Festival at Shea: In Which Charlotte Moorman Attempts to Play Her Cello on a Trapeze and Succeeds in Kicking It, Thereby Making a Sound

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Robin Reisig, "The Avant-Garde Festival at Shea: In Which Charlotte Moorman Attempts to Play Her Cello on a Trapeze and Succeeds in Kicking It, Thereby Making a Sound."
Village Voice (November 21, 1974): 83

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." She describes at length the audience's playful, festive interaction with the pieces and the site, and writes with enthusiasm on Geoff Hendrick's works. The text ends with a vivid description of Charlotte Moorman performing Flying Cello, in which she swings on a trapeze over Shea Stadium, attempting a mid-air meeting with her cello, which flies on a second trapeze.