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**''TRANSMISSION: Moving People.'' April 23- May 14,1990. Mixed media; 8' x 12' x 6'. Installation framing | **''TRANSMISSION: Moving People.'' April 23- May 14,1990. Mixed media; 8' x 12' x 6'. Installation framing AIDS as an epidemic of signification and offering information, resources and free condoms. | ||
''Don't Go Too Far Without One.'' Mixed media sampler. 12.75'' x 16.75'' x 1.5''. Element of installation. | **''Don't Go Too Far Without One.'' Mixed media sampler. 12.75'' x 16.75'' x 1.5''. Element of installation. | ||
'''The Incident:''' "Early in the exhibition, Gary Smith, the Art Coordinator of the U-M Hospitals, told me that free condoms provided in the installation appeared to be repeatedly disappearing at a rate indicating bulk removal; we assumed this to be a protest action, as he had received several complaints about the installation's forthrightness. He eventually stopped replenishing the basket. During take down of the installation, I noted that someone had tampered with the sampler's hanging device. Smith's assistant revealed that someone had removed it and Smith had subsequently reinstalled it. I was never notified. I inquired of Smith, who stated that a person offended by the sampler had removed it; Smith learned of this and re-hung the sampler ''20 minutes later''. Smith refused to reveal names of this person or any protester. He agreed to deliver a blind letter , which I wrote to these people. I also wrote a letter to the Hospitals' Executive Director. Gary Smith provided me with a copy of an article about the installation that appeared in a June 30 issue of a ''Family values'' news letter; this had probably inspired the complaint to the representative." | '''The Incident:''' "Early in the exhibition, Gary Smith, the Art Coordinator of the U-M Hospitals, told me that free condoms provided in the installation appeared to be repeatedly disappearing at a rate indicating bulk removal; we assumed this to be a protest action, as he had received several complaints about the installation's forthrightness. He eventually stopped replenishing the basket. During take down of the installation, I noted that someone had tampered with the sampler's hanging device. Smith's assistant revealed that someone had removed it and Smith had subsequently reinstalled it. I was never notified. I inquired of Smith, who stated that a person offended by the sampler had removed it; Smith learned of this and re-hung the sampler ''20 minutes later''. Smith refused to reveal names of this person or any protester. He agreed to deliver a blind letter , which I wrote to these people. I also wrote a letter to the Hospitals' Executive Director. Gary Smith provided me with a copy of an article about the installation that appeared in a June 30 issue of a ''Family values'' news letter; this had probably inspired the complaint to the representative." |
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