Performance and Video Art

Bareknuckle Boxers, Seattle, WA. 1998-present.

Mandolinist and vocalist in irish-music rock band. Split single released in Spring 2000 on Estate Records.

New Orleans Eyes; Old Gold: Mystic Key?, Seattle, WA. 1997.

Recorded readings of these written pieces for Caleb Shaber's Fisher-Price Pixelvision public access show, High as a Kite.

JFF, Seattle, WA. 1995.

Rock band.

Fat Mona, Seattle, WA. 1994-95.

Rock band.

Studio 1216 Annual, Seattle, WA. 1993.

Otherwise performed as work-in-progress.

Beatnicity, Seattle, WA. 1993.

Fuck Union, Suck Union performed at beatnik-themed event.

Bellevue Gallery, Bloomington, IN. 1990.

Blinders and Work 1990 performed in context of politically themed group show, Unconditional Surrender.

Modock, Bloomington, IN. 1990.

Rock band. In 1997, The Oblivians of Memphis,Tenessee released a cover of a Modock tune, the Lleather. Two full-length recordings released: A Case of Self-Destruct, 1990; and Hotrod Dissertation, 1990, both on Adept Recordings, Bloomington, IN.

ER Nights, Bloomington, IN. 1986-90.

Regular participant in video and performance cabaret. Pieces performed and shown include On the Job, Secret, Celerity, Unlucky Highway, People's Choice, Gender Gents, and Modock.

Performance Art Class Shows, Indiana University, 1989, 1990.

Participated in two end-of-semester class shows with In Other Words and Unfiltered as well as two political performance pieces created by the class, the Homeless Wrestlers' Federation and Earth Picnic. Responsible for major organizational elements of both shows.

Snowy Nights, Bloomington, IN. 1986-90.

Participated in seven installments of continuing performance and video nights sponsored by Turnstyle, Inc. Pieces performed and shown include Speech, Hosanna, Flap, 21, Offense, Education in Guatemala, Art Booty/Work, and others too numerous to list here.

Video Art Class Shows, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 1987-89.

Participated in end-of-semester class shows, displaying completed work to public.

CultureShock, Bloomington, IN. Spring 1984, 1986-90.

Utilized large regional arts festival as locale for several pieces, including participation in Concerned Citizens Against Art (1984), Education in Guatemala (1986), design, organization, and execution of the American Happiness Foundation (1987), The Rain (1989), and the Downtown Drum and Bugle Corps (1990). Most of these pieces were guerrilla theatre intended to challenge the atmosphere of the fair by mixing performance with real-life situations.

Rooftop Writers' Symposium, Bloomington, IN. 1984.

Participated in a marathon, week-long, 24-hour-a-day writing event which drew national media attention intended to focus attention on dilemmas posed by gentrification in downtown Bloomington.

Concerned Citizens Against Art, Bloomington, IN. 1984.

Participated in guerrilla theater piece which involved issuing tickets for "violation of artistic license" at local art-openings and the hanging of guerrilla exhibitions in public restrooms and other unexpected places.