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California Performance Now and Then

January 16 – January 31, 1981

 
Barbara Smith
The Perpetual Napkin, still from performance, 1981
 
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.
 

   
   
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