Carp

Snapshot

Artist Various artists
Date Aug. 14, 1976
Location Los Angeles
Type Concept

Snapshot, a party at Roger Wong's studio in Los Angeles Aug. 14, 1976, brought together a dozen or so friends of Carp through a collection of photographs, providing to attendees opportunities to explore the private lives of artists and their friends. The party, according to an announcement by Carp, did not constitute an exhibition: "These photographs are not meant to be representational works of art or even 'photographs' as referred to in the aesthetic vernacular. Just snapshots taken for personal, sentimental reasons, with no prior plan to exhibit them as art works." Partiers included Barbara Burden, Marilyn Nix, Charles Christopher Hill, Michael Brewster, Carole Caroompas, Chris Burden, Bryan Hunt, Paula Sweet, Walter Wittel, Alexis Smith, Scott Grieger, Richard Newton, Brad Smith, Roger Wong, Mark Keiserman and Lowell Darling.

Related Projects
In a show sponsored by Carp and hosted by Joel Marshall, Alexis Smith presented an installation on the ceiling of a clean, white room, housing a maximum of two guests per viewing.
Tom Marioni teamed with Terry Fox in action in cooperation with the Museum of Conceptual Art and Carp: The performance comprised of music, began at 10 p.m. May 30, 1975, and spanned a half-hour at Roger Wong's studio in Los Angeles.
Charles Christopher Hill presented a selection of short films in a public showing sponsored by Carp at the Dickson Auditorium at the University of California, Los Angeles.