ACTIONS

Interventions, Performances, and Artist-led Public Projects performed or directed by Chris Sollars to subvert private and public situations.

   
2023  


EGZOZ - Smoking Jacket Release Tour
Aug 19 - Izmir, Turkey, Dinozor Bar, Dinofest 

Aug 27 - Istanbul, Burgazada Cennet Bahçesi, Byzantion Fest #52 

Sept 1 - Istanbul, Taksim, The Wall Taksim

Sept 2 - Istanbul, Kadiköy, The Wall Saloon & Performance Hall

   

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EGZOZ - Smoking Jacket Release Tour
The Wall Saloon & Performance Hall - Sept 2, 2023
Kadiköy, Istanbul, Turkey

$ollar$ Live and Music videos from Object Records label artists
#💵ollar💵 @skull.ture and @e_g_z_o_z including premiere of smoking jacket 🔥.

   

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EGZOZ - Smoking Jacket Release Tour
Taksim the Wall - Sept 1, 2023
Istanbul, Turkey

$ollar$ Live and Music videos from Object Records label artists
#💵ollar💵 @skull.ture and @e_g_z_o_z including premiere of smoking jacket 🔥.

   

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EGZOZ - Byzantion Fest
Cennet Bahçesi Burgazada - Aug 27, 2023
Burgazada, Turkey

EGZOZ Sunday 🔥💨!!!
Aug 27 - Istanbul, Burgazada Cennet Bahçesi, Byzantion Fest #52


   

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EGZOZ - Dinofest 3
Dinozor Bar - Aug 19, 2023
Izmir, Turkey

EGZOZ Slightly Delic Live Link

   

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$ollar$ & Object Records Videos
Taksim the Wall - Aug 30, 2023
Istanbul, Turkey

$ollar$ Live and Music videos from Object Records label artists
#💵ollar💵 @skull.ture and @e_g_z_o_z including premiere of smoking jacket 🔥.

   
   
2022  


307 Outlaws
April, 2022
Luminous Brewing Sheridan, WY

Intergenerational cross political alt country rock band in Sheridan, WY.

   

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Trap
April 2022
San Francisco CA

Personification of a Trap sung as it is dragged down the road in Wyoming.

   

Beard Wyoming
April 2022

Beard clipped and left on the snowy banks of Piney Creek in Wyoming.

   

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$ollar$ Record Release
Knockout - Dec 14, 2022
San Francisco CA

$ollar$ record release show with PunishMENt and Luck and other Revenants.

   
2021  

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Stop
June 21, 2021
San Francisco CA

Roaving stop sign posts up on various street corners.

   


Egzoz
Kirli Depot - Nov 27, 2021
Istanbul, Turkey

   


Egzoz
Woodstock Kadıköy - Nov 20, 2021
Istanbul, Turkey

   


Egzoz
The Wall Taksim - Oct 29, 2021
Istanbul, Turkey

   

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Gözleme
Gate 27 - Nov 28, 2021
Istanbul, Turkey

The process of making and cooking gözleme on convex saç pans was translated to a series of drawn steps like a cookbook. As a group of friends we cooked, ate, and performed Gözleme together using the saç pans as cymbals, and kindling as drum sticks.

   

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$ollar$
Toxic Beach - July 18, 2021
San Francisco CA

Solo Set of $ollars with the band Years.

   
2020  

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💀ture
Day of Noise - Feb 8, 2020 4:00-4:20-4:30am
KZSU Radio Stanford University
Collaboration with Lee Lavy

Live Video Soundtrack to the Noise of the corona virus, impeachment, primaries, Australias Fires, melting glaciers brought on by Global Warming followed by 420 Marsupial Love. #skullture #dayofnoise
⛓🦠🧟‍♂️🧱🕳🚨📝✂️🔥🌊🌲🐨🦘🌬🥁🎸🎚 🔊💀ture⛓� 🔊💀ture⛓

   
2019  

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💀ture
Halloween - Oct 31, 2019
Vacation SF Larkin St SF, CA
with Rip Room, Mayya, & Kyle Ranson
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

Trump Sacrfice Effigy as we play a Spooky set.

   

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💀ture
ANTI GUN VIOLENCE PROTEST SHOW - Sept 28, 2019
101 Freeway Pedestrian Landbridge at Faith St and Bayshore SF, CA - Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

American Flag Distress Signal with skulls in place of stars and ANTI AR15 Banner Drop over the 101 freeway during Saturday gridlock.

   
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I Wish I Was A Hole in The Ground
Sept 11, 2019
SOMARTS 4WAVES

Utilizing Bascom Lamar Lunsford's I Wish I Was A Mole in the Ground for the hole within and upon the American Landscape. Backpack Amp, Pipe, Mic, and Delay pedal.

   


💀ture
BART TOUR - July 20, 2019
Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland and 16th St Bart in SF, CA - Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

Roll the Skull to and on BART with beats as we ride the rail and shows in public space.

   

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💀ture
Diagnol Mints, Mutt, and Goof - June 22, 2019
Knockout , SF, CA
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
with Fake Fruit - May 25, 2019
Sea Star, SF, CA
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
with Cindy, Sutros, Grace Sings Sludge- May 2, 2019
Eagle, SF, CA
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   
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Fill Workshop
May 1, 2019


Series of instructions carried out by Amy Balkins CCA sculpture class on the Fill of San Francisco in the Dogpatch.

Descent - Gravity above Sea Level.
On Fill - Self 2 Fill.
Warm Water Cove - Observe Connect Represent.

   

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💀ture
Radio Beach with Blood - April 7, 2019
Bay Bridge Toll Booth, Oakland, CA
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
Shame Waves &Fuckwolf - March 30, 2019
Benders, SF, CA
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   
2018  

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💀ture
Space 2 Breathe with Sofie Ramos- Dec 28, 2018
Fort Mason Art Center SF, CA
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   
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Pothole Beard
Feb 18, 2018


Beard transplant to pothole Sat Feb18 at 23rd and Minnesota st #concretedream #faceplant #narcissus

   

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💀ture
Halloween - Oct 27, 2018
Warehouse 3rd St SF, CA
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
Bridge with Pacoima Techno - Oct 14, 2018
Glendale Hyperion Bridge Los Angeles, CA
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
Silos - Oct 13, 2018
Bread & Salt San Diego, CA
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
Vs Keepers - Oct 12, 2018
Terros Gallery, San Diego, CA
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
Bomb Shelter Radio - Sept 15, 2018
Growlery SF
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
HEMLOCK TAVERN w/ Fuckwolf & Sutros
Sept 9, 2018

Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
Heavy Skullture - Aug 25, 2018
The Midway SF
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
Lite Skullture - Aug 25, 2018
Kunst Capades Romero Young Gallery
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy

   

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💀ture
By The Book - July 15, 2018
Ever Gold [Projects] SF Art Book Fair
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy


Songs about Art and Books.

   

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💀ture
Live Acconci- April 27, 2018
Abondoned Pier SF
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy


Live Acconci for the anniversary of Vito Acconci's death. RIP. First song Acconci played blindfolded after Acconci.

   

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💀ture
JK JC - April 1, 2018
Mt. Davidson
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy


April Fools Day Easter Sunday at Mt. Davidson in view of the Giant cement Cross as seen in the film Dirty Harry.

   

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💀ture
Roll Up - Jan 13, 2018
1240 Minnesota St. •  Untitled Art Fair
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy


Garage Door Roll up on to the street.

   
2017  

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💀ture
DARKNESS IS POWER - DEC 17, 2017
Collaboration with
Lee Lavy


💀ture is the sculpture band of Chris Sollars & Lee Lavy. Started in the wake of Nov.2016, 💀ture rides the melt of political failure and climate destruction. FIRST SHOW: Last New Moon 2017: Sunday Dec 17 Warm Water Cove at Sunset. Follow 💀ture

INSTAGRAM
SONGKICK

SOUNDCLOUD

   
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Goatscapes
July 22, 2017


Jewish Folktales Retold: Artist as Maggid, Goatscapes follows a goat with a bell as it roams through a variety of locations from rural to urban, industrial to residential, low income housing to condos, developed to empty lots around the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. Watch Making Of

   
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Beard Jetty
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake
March 2017

Jetty formed from Beard shaved at the Spiral Jetty.

   
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Moon to Solstice
Collaboration with Alison Pebworth
Wildlands Artist Residency Sonoma, CA
June 25, 2017


22 day collaboration between Alison Pebworth & Chris Sollars.
Event was a walk through our days at Wildlands through drink, drawing, spaces, and video.

   
2016  
birdtrap

Bay Cycle 2016
Collaboration with Nolan Jankowski

Collaboration with Nolan Jankowski riding the entire shore of the
San Francisco Bay and producing a series of works.

   
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Tree & Turf
Collaboration with Lee Lavy

Tree and Turf traverse from the bottom of dried up Lake Oroville Resevoir across the Dam to Oroville the nearest town.

   
birdtrap

Heavy Breathing 2016 #6 "State of Drought" with Chris Sollars
Berkeley Art Museum

A series of motions to physically internalize living in a state of drought in 21st century California. Our bodies will hold the water, move the water, heat the water, drink the water, and melt the water.
PDF BOOKLET

   
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Swimmer Streakers
Oakland Museum CA - Jan 30, 2016 - Swimmer Streakers: Ethan Caflisch, Haegen Crosby, Matt Shapiro, Tim Kopra

Swimmers in speedos Streak thru the Oakland Museum of California galleries, leading a crowd from the lower level to upper level showcasing Chris Sollars' The Swimmer.

   
disrupt

Fountains of SFMOMA
Arthur Allan on Marcel Duchamp
@SFMOMA - July 29, 2016

Arthur Allan Live Video feed a tour of the Fountains of SFMOMA to ipads next to Duchamp's Fountain. Arthur starts at the top Allan starts at the bottom. Part of the 50 Artists: Arthur Allan on Marcel Duchamp. Watch Audience Video

   
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Disrupt: Open Engagement
Collaboration with Kate Pruitt, Elizabeth Bennett, & Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo @OMCA

A talk on historical disruption tactics from art and protest to Bay Area tech companies, that gets disrupted throughout the presentation unbeknownst to the audience.

   
   
2015  
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Plastered
February 2015

Cutting off my beard with a utility knife and plastering it in the wall.

   
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Clothes Contact: Wheeled Conveyance Ghost Sign
August 2015

Former Clothes Contact By The Pound store sign from 16th and Valencia is rebuilt into wheeled conveyance and returned to its former residence.

   
2014  
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Water Shed
San Francisco Summer 2014

is a series of performances that lead viewers to water thru the physical properties within the city of San Francisco that both comprise and compromise the watershed. Watershed is composed of: Creek Walks (Lead to Water) and Water Shed (On the Water).

   
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Islais Creek 4 Man Walk
San Francisco May 10, 2014

Creek Walks (Lead to Water): 1 City Block Length of Rope carried along and over both the existing and hidden creek paths of San Francisco from Spring to Bay following the path of least resistance. The Watershed Crew wearing orange Life vests walk each creek before the group walk. Islais Creek Walk (5 miles)

   
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Islais Creek Walk
San Francisco June 1, 2014

5 mile Islais Creek walk from Glen Park Canyon to Islais Creek Channel with a city block length of rope and 40 people.

   
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Islais Creek Water Shed Camp & Row
San Francisco May 31 - June 1, 2014

Overnight Camping and Fishing on Islais Creek May 31- June 1, 2014.

   
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Mission Creek 5 Man Walk
San Francisco June 7, 2014

Watershed Crew preliminary 4 mile Mission Creek walk from 18th and Market St. to Mission Bay with a city block length of rope.


   
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Mission Creek Walk
San Francisco June 21, 2014

Mission Creek Walk (4 miles) from McLaren Park to Candlestick Point (Yosemite Slough) with a city block length of rope and 40 people.

   
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Yosemite Creek 4 Man Walk
San Francisco June 14, 2014

Yosemite Creek Walk (2.8 miles) from McLaren Park to Candlestick Point (Yosemite Slough) with a city block length of rope.

   
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Yosemite Creek Walk
San Francisco June 28, 2014

Yosemite Creek Walk (2.8 miles) from McLaren Park to Candlestick Point (Yosemite Slough) with a city block length of rope and 45 people.

   
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Yosemite Creek Water Shed Camp & Row
San Francisco June 27 -28, 2014

Overnight Camp and Fishing on Yosemite Creek June 27 - 28, 2014.

   
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Spit Shine
San Francisco October 1, 2014
Collaboration with Gregorio Figueroa & Ash Higginson

Three person crew cleaning a curb with spit and toothbrushes in the Financial District of San Francisco next to the Pacific Stock Exchange.

   
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Bag v1
San Francisco October 2014

1 bag / 1 person performance on the street.

   
   
2013  
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Shoreline
San Francisco Spring 2013

Walk of entire San Francisco coastline from Candlestick Point to Ocean Beach drawing a line with found driftwood Rudder.

   
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The Swimmer
San Francisco 2013

Sollars revisits John Cheever's short story The Swimmer, traversing his way across San Francisco from Bay to Ocean via a network of pools and fountains in a Speedo.

   
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86d
Islais Creek


Refurbished 86'd Kayak paddled from Islais Creek homeless camp to Larry Ellison's Yacht docked at the mouth of San Francisco Bay to tag his boat with the # 86, during the 2013 America's Cup.

   
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Drum & Stairs
SFMOMA
June 2, 2013 1:30 AM

Chris Sollars on Stairs featuring Mads Lynnerup on Drums
Chris provides live video feed of the stairs for drummer Mads. Performance for SFMOMA Future Countdown Live, developed around the removal of the stairs. WATCH on Vimeo

   
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Lemon Song: Andreas Slominski remake
do it (outside)
Socrates Sculpture Park & Independent Curators International

Sunday May 13, 2013

Instruction - Andreas Slominski: Tip a bicycle seat so that the front points upwards and use the seat to squeeze lemons.

WATCH on Vimeo

   
   
2012  
birdtrap

Coffee & Donuts

Utilizing this former Mission Police Station as a set, Sollars will activate the former station through actions, sculpture, and taste and make the inaccessible areas of the home visible through video.
Watch

   
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Coffee

Coffee made with water gathered from around the station will be served with Bulleit Bourbon after the San Francisco film Bullitt.
(
with performer Larisa Minerva)

   
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Donuts

Homemade Donuts made in the kitchen in collaboratioin with chef Suzanne Drexhage. Donuts are served after a confession is taken by Donut Enforcer Fred Kolouch.

   
arthur

Pacific Puddle Pedal

Pacific Puddle Pedal 2011-2012 documents a jarred street puddle pedaled to and exchanged with Pacific Ocean water to make a salt water puddle on the street.

   
birdtrap

the Missing Pig

Instructions:

version 1.
Cook Bacon, do not serve.

version 2.
Cook Bacon, do not serve, hide in front of live camera feed and transmit bacon image sporadically.

   
Positive Tax

Whiskey Waxing Competition 2012
Comstock Saloon
November 28, 2012


Welcome to the 2012 Whiskey Waxing Beard & Mustache Competition. Whiskey Waxing is a San Francisco Bay Area competition celebrating local hairy talent on the old Barbary Coast. Contestants judged on their form & ability to sip whiskey or tea.

   
   
2011  
Positive Tax

Digger Bread Bakery
OPENrestaurant @ Berkeley Art Museum
August 27, 2011


Artist Chris Sollars , Steve Sullivan from Acme Bakery and James Whitehead from Fist of Flour bake Digger bread in cans while David Simpson and Jane Lapiner recount stories from their experience as Diggers.

   

Pile of Trash
San Diego
July 15 2011


The Trash walks through downtown San Diego.

   

Shave
July 2011

Shaving my beard with a razor sharp axe amongst the redwoods. Based on a shaving performance from 1998.

   
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Whiskey Waxing
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
July 30, 2011

Get your Beard Mustache waxed into Sculpture while sipping whiskey drinks served by Comstock Saloon with Rag Time by Will Billy. A Twist of the Stache to San Francisco's Past

   
Positive Tax

Whiskey Waxing Competition 2011
Comstock Saloon
August 15, 2011


Welcome to the 2011 Whiskey Waxing Beard & Mustache Competition. Whiskey Waxing is a San Francisco Bay Area competition celebrating local hairy talent on the old Barbary Coast. Contestants judged on their form & ability to sip whiskey or tea.

   
2010  

2929 A Double Take
A New Museum
Jan 1-10 2010


2929 is an exhibition using A NEW MUSEUM's address as a double take. Left Window: Motorcycle helmet with super man sticker smashed through glass window.

   

Head
Ribbons in UKIAH
June 2010


I was buried up to my neck for 3.5 hours next to a buried pig. Once the pig was finished cooking and unearthed by artist and Chez Panisse chef Jerome Waag I came out of the ground. Watch

   
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ONO SCREAM MOMA
MOMA
Sept 2010


SCREAMS for Yoko Ono's Voice Piece for Soprano

   
2009  
arthurallan

Behind, Beside, Inside
from ARTHUR ALLAN

Hallway Projects

Hallway Projects for ARTHUR ALLAN at 667Shotwell performances by Allan at Arthur's, Re-Projection of Arthur's Living space at Allan's.

   
sheet

Sheet

   
tarp

Tarp

 
time

Time in a Bottle

   
   
2007
 

Tiger Wack

Chinatown Los Angeles, CA
In collaboration with Kottie Paloma and Archie Mckay

   
   
2006
 
kimono news

Kimono News
Tokyo Japan

With help from Charlie Canfield, Yoshinori Niwa, and others.

   

Bansai Beard
Tokyo Japan

   
state

Follow the Leader
Yerba Buena Museum

In collaboration with Alison Pebworth, Henrik Lebuhn, Jerome Waag, Mark Shunney, and Megan Saperstein

   
meltthepot

Detourned Menu: Flavor of Democracy

In collaboration with Jerome Waag.
curated by Brianna Toth
October 20, 2006 - November 11, 2006
The Lab, San Francisco, CA

   

SF DRIFT

In collaboration with Charlie Canfield, Jos Pollard, Takuro Kotaka, Yoshinori Niwa
San Francisco, CA

   

Sidewalk News SF

Reading the news and spreading out on the sidewalk in collaboration with Charlie Canfield, Jos Pollard, Takuro Kotaka, and Yoshinori Niwa
San Francisco, CA

   

Tokyo DRIFT

In collaboration with Takuro Kotaka, Yoshinori Niwa, and others.

   
   
2005
 

Pile of Trash

Downtown San Francisco, CA September 2005

   

Pile of Trash LA

Los Angeles, CA

   
meltthepot

Melt the Pot - Jerome Waag @ 667Shotwell

On January 1, 2005 taste the flavor of democracy. All present will participate in preparation and cooking, creating an original recipe for a truly civic dish. Each step of the process will be decided by the people and written into the Recipe/Constitution. The media will be present to document this experiment in democracy. Good for the constitution! Cooked by the People for the People!

   
   
2004  
beardsculpt

Beard Sculpt

Beard Sculpt took place at the end of the summer Bard MFA 1st year show. The all male first year sculpture class (Josh Hart, Desi Santiago,Chris Sollars, Crispin Webb, & Mike) decided to all grow beards and at the end of the summer to have Sculpture faculty Taylor Davis and Nayland Blake sculpt them.

   
   
2003
 

Death Valley

Walking alone in the sand dunes of Death Valley shouting protest slogans against the Iraq War through a megaphone with Airforce jets flying overhead.

   

Hokey Pokey Protest

Los Angeles, CA

   
   
2002
 

Come Walk With Me Tour

In collaboration with J.C. and his tourists.

San Francisco, CA

 

   
tom texas

Man-Handle Gamble

w/ Tom Texas Holmes

667Shotwell San Francisco, CA

   

Pile of Trash

San Francisco, CA

   

Trippin on e

Balazo Gallery San Francisco, CA

   
   
2001  

Illustrated Man

New Orleans, LA

   

Mobile Phone

New Orleans, LA

   

Phone Tag

San Francisco, CA

   

We're Waiting w/ Mads Lynnerup

September 2001
New Langton Arts San Francisco, CA

 

   
   
2000  

Cityscapes

San Francisco, CA

   
cell

Can Anyone who has a Cell Phone, Please...

San Francisco, CA

   
1999
 

Memorial Day

San Francisco, CA

   

you lose ... try again

San Francisco, CA

   
   
1998
 


Labyrinth at Chartes

Chartes Cathedral, France

   

Mannequin Pis

Brussels, Belgium

   
publicdisplay

Public Display of Affection

Public Display of Affection for Public Sculptures.
Downtown Providence, RI.

   
shaving

Shaving

Maine Woods - Skowhegan, ME

   
test

TEST

I took any HIV test and documented the process. In front of a group at Skowhegan I played the tape, pinned the phone number for the Test results to the wall, and left.

   
touch

Touching God

Documentation video of touching God in the Sistine Chapel.

   
   
1997
 
alley

Alley Bread

Providence RI

   

Butt Project

Providence RI

   

Buying the News

Providence RI

   

Street Clean

Providence RI

   
 
1996
 
bridge

BRIDGE

Providence RI