Carp

Video Tape Recordings

Artist Cynthia Lee Maughan
Date June 27-30, 1976
Location Los Angeles
Type Video

In the evenings of June 27-30, 1976, Cynthia Lee Maughan presented 45 minutes of black and white videotape in the living room at the studio-home of Joyce Lightbody in West Los Angeles. The piece featured as an artwork video of artworks.

Related Projects
In coordination with Future Studio and as an installment of the Getty's Pacific Standard Time initiative, Carp revealed a selection of ephemera documenting performance and media arts by Bob Wilhite, Chris Burden, Vito Acconci, Kim Jones, Charles Christopher Hill, Alexis Smith, Richard Newton, Gordon Matta-Clark and Bruce Nauman, among other artists.
In a show sponsored by Carp at the Dickson Auditorium at the University of California, Los Angeles, Vito Acconci presented a silent film in color with captions to the public.
In a performance by Alexis Smith in coordination with Carp, Scheherezade the Storyteller delivered a series of readings at Roger Wong's studio in Los Angeles.