The
Renaissance
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This performance began in advance of the public event. Five people were directed earlier in the week to one of four sites, each at a specified time of the day. They were asked to bring along some food to eat and to follow whatever clues they might find. At each site they found a small table with tablecloth and a red napkin. Nothing else happened except what they experienced themselves. They were asked to return to the gallery to be interviewed about their experiences. The locations selected were: the G.A.R. Room of the Chicago Cultural Center, Billings Hospital and Rockefeller Chapel on the University of Chicago campus, and a near Northside apartment.

Perpetual Napkin originally took place in California, May 10, 1980.