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Performance Work as Social Work

Stephen Jones
1977

Stephen Jones' Performance Work as Social Work, (1977) documents some of the performance and installation work of the 2nd Biennale of Sydney (November, 1976) at the Art Gallery of NSW. Shot by Stephen Jones and Fujiko Nakaya with an Akai 1/4" Colour portapak, and edited at the Alexander Mackie CAE, School of Art, it includes sections on installations by Fujiko Nakaya, Marr Grounds, and the performance installtions of Stuart Brisley, Jim Allen, Michael Nicholson, Micahel MacMillan, as well as some of the static works.

Featuring in order of appearance
Fujiko Nakaya: Fog Sculpture, (1976)
Michael Nicholson: Poli-Poll-Pool-Shots, (1976)
Michael McMillen: The Trunk Robot, (1975)
Terry Reid: Sydney Secret Exchange, (n.d.)
Natsuyuki Nakanishi: Eggs–Compact Objects, (n.d.)
William “Jim” Allen: There Are Always Elephants To Be Made Drunk, (1976)
Robert Smithson: Rocks and Mirror Square No.2, (1972)
John Penny: Untitled, (1976)
Marr Grounds: Second Art Bit Installation, (1976)
Stuart Brisley: Standing, Lying, Walking and Talking, (1976)
Giuseppe Penone: Alberto Scortecciato, (1968-76)
Insik Quac: untitled, (1976) [a stone stood on its end]
Joseph Beuys: Eurasia, (1966)
Carl Plackman: Your Voice Must Be Heard/Herd (People Meet), (1976)
John Davis: Nomad, (1976)
Michael Craig-Martin: An Oak Tree (1973)

 

Fujiko Nakaya's Fog Sculpture in the Domain opposit AGNSW
Fujiko Nakaya's Fog Sculpture in the Domain opposit AGNSW 
Viewof monitoring station for audience use in Michael Nicholson's Poli-Poll-Pool-Shots
Viewof monitoring station for audience use in Michael Nicholson's Poli-Poll-Pool-Shots 
Michael McMillen's Trunk Robot (McMillen is pointing out on of the exhibitis)
Michael McMillen's Trunk Robot (McMillen is pointing out on of the exhibitis) 
Jim Allen performing There are Always Elephants to be Made Drunk
Jim Allen performing There are Always Elephants to be Made Drunk 
Marr Grounds and Thomaso Trini in Grounds' Second Art Bit Installation bunker, AGNSW.
Marr Grounds and Thomaso Trini in Grounds' Second Art Bit Installation bunker, AGNSW. 
Stuart Brisley in his cage for Standing, Lying, Walking and Talking in Hyde Park
Stuart Brisley in his cage for Standing, Lying, Walking and Talking in Hyde Park