May 16, 2006

CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT

June 3 , 2006

Allan Kaprow, 1927-2006: A Memorial Celebration – The life of the late Allan Kaprow – father of unscripted, interactive performance pieces known as “happenings,” which redrew the boundary between art and everyday life in the late 1950s and early ’60s – will be celebrated by the University of California, San Diego in the Kaprow spirit: with an afternoon of food, play, performance, words and noise.

Free and open to the public, the event is presented by the UCSD department of visual arts, where Kaprow taught for many years. It is scheduled to run from 3 to 6 p.m., at the Visual Arts Facility, Russell Lane off Gilman Drive, on the UCSD campus.

The “happening” memorial will feature rare historical videos of Allan Kaprow performing his work, courtesy of the Kaprow Studio Archive.

Renowned UCSD faculty artists paying tribute include: poet, critic and performance artist David Antin (department of visual arts), doing an original talk piece; artist and filmmaker Eleanor Antin (visual arts), reading a new story connected to Kaprow; cellist Charles Curtis (department of music), performing work by La Monte Young; violinist Janos Negyesy (music), performing a piece by John Cage; and poet Jerome Rothenberg (visual arts and department of literature) with contrabassist Bertram Turetzky (music), doing an original poetry-and-music piece.

Distinguished guest performers include dancer/choreographer Simone Forti and artist/critic Suzanne Lacey.

Information: (858) 534-3740.

Media Contact: Inga Kiderra, (858) 822-0661