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.

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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.
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