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Guide to the Alan Sondheim Papers MSS.267

Series V. Exhibitions and Events

Extent

4 Linear Feet in 5 manuscript boxes and 3 flat boxes.

Extent

1 film reels 16mm film

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1 sound tape reels

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8 audiocassettes

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13 Half_Inch_Video_Reel

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5 U-matic

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19 VHS

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2 MiniDV

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11 Hi8

Extent

46.6 Gigabytes in 55 digital files.

Scope and Contents

Series V. Exhibitions and Performances includes ephemera, documentation, photographs, and recordings from exhibitions and performances. Sondheim's multimedia work has been exhibited internationally and digitally, in spaces including Track 16 Gallery in Los Angeles, the Grand Central Art Center, and Second Life Odyssey. He has also collaborated extensively with Swiss choreographer and dancer Foofwa d'Imobilité (Frederic Gafner), as well as many other dancers, often using tools like motion capturing technology to explore themes of embodiment in cyberspace.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically. Wherever possible, record titles were taken directly from Sondheim's work.

Exhibit Photographs, circa 1960-1995, inclusive

Box: 75 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 74 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 76 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 83, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 85, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Oratory Called Green", 1967

Box: 78, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Wood 1968" Exhibit, Rhode Island School of Design Gallery, 1968

Box: 84, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exhibits, Screenings, and Events by Various Artists - Ephemera, Flyers, and Exhibition Catalogs, 1968-2006, inclusive

Box: 71, Folder: 1, 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Symmetry Diagrams for Aborted Gain Ground Gallery Show, 1969

Box: 71, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Project for Going [Illegible] Gallery, 1969-1970, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

High Voltage Exhibit - Rhode Island School of Design, 1969-1972, inclusive

Box: 71, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Perceptual Extention ceNTer, circa 1970

Box: 71, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Franklin Furance - Event Ephemera, circa 1970-1990, inclusive

Box: 71, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

4-3-2-0 Spacing at Brown University / Conversation / Space Stream, 1971-1972, inclusive

Box: 18, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 267_546 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

The tape's label says, "1. 4320 Brown University Meta-4 Computer; Charles Strauss Programmer 1971; Andrea Kovass / Beth Cannon; Conversation - John Woodson / Alan Sondheim; Four Overlays, 1972; Space Stream Marge Anderson, 1971; College Blog R.I.S.D."

"Strata," Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1972

Box: 71, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

David Humphrey and Diane Brown Exhibition Slides, 1972-1991, inclusive

Box: 71, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

4-3-2-0 Spacing: Brown University, 1973

Box: 20, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 267_482 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: EIAJ 1/2" Open Reel Video, Duration: 30 min.

Crystal Pond / Air Gallery - Rosemary, May, 1973

Box: 17, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 267_528 (Material Type: video)
Box: 20, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 267_490 (Material Type: video)

Discussions: Works / Words Exhibition Series, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, 1974

Box: 83, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Alan Sondheim Profile by Kil Schwartz [Illegible] NYC, October 8, 1975

Box: 11, audiocassette: 267_324 (Material Type: Audio)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 54 minutes; Preservation note: Audio has a muted quality.

Audio

Alan Sondheim Profile by Kil Schwartz [Illegible] NYC

Lives: Artists Who Deal With Peoples' Lives (Including Their Own) As the Subject and/or the Medium of Their Work by Jeffrey Deitch, 1975

Box: 71, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exhibition Planning - Proposals, Correspondence, Notes, circa 1975-2005, inclusive

Box: 71, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Far Hills Project, 1975

Box: 71, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The New American Filmmakers Series" Calendar, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1976

Box: 77, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

ZBS Residency, 1976

Box: 71, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exhibit Photographs, 1976-1987, inclusive

Box: 71, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence from Artists with Enclosed Artwork and Exhibition Ephemera, 1976-1995, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Theses After Marx / Red Art Brigade Whitney Show, 1976

Box: 17, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 267_510, 267_522, 267_526, 267_527 (Material Type: video)
Box: 19, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 267_475 (Material Type: video)

Blank Tape - Museum of Modern Art Showing, October, 1976

Box: 20, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 267_494 (Material Type: video)

Film Screenings - Flyers, Press Releases, Postcards, 1977-2001, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Contradictions and Prerogatives" Exhibit Catalog, Raw Gallery, 1978

Box: 77, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dance / Visual Arts Program, 1978

Box: 7, U-matic: 267_648 (Material Type: video)

VIDEO / TAPE: Tape prepared for talk at Ontario Gallery of Art, February 2, 1978

Box: 20, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 267_518 (Material Type: video)
Box: 68, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes original label and playback log in Box 68.

"A Space/Harbourfront/222 Warehouse" Installation Poster, July 1980

Box: 27, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Quebec Country Western Reading, July 10, 1980

Box: 11, audiocassette: 267_285 (Material Type: Audio)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 62 minutes.

Audio

Quebec Country Western Reading

"Video Vis a Tergo" Exhibition Poster, 1980

Box: 84, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Atlanta Biennial - Photographs, circa 1980-1990, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 75, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Millennium Film Workshop - Event Ephemera, Written Pieces, Press, circa 1980-1990, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mike Metz - Visual Art, Exhibit Catalogs, 1980-1992, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Alan Sondheim and Laura Hayes Film Screening Poster, 1980-1995, inclusive

Box: 77, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exhibition Catalogs, Flyers, Ephemera, 1980-2006, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exhibition Statements, circa 1980-2006, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Israel Bond Event - Presentation to Evelyn Sondheim by Judge Max Roseun, Response by Evelyn Sondheim, November 22, 1981

Box: 11, audiocassette: 267_279 (Material Type: Audio)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 22 minutes.

Audio

Israel Bond Event - Presentation to Evelyn Sondheim by Judge Max Roseun, Response by Evelyn Sondheim

Sections 1-8 of First Film Series - Supporting Materials for Guggenheim Application, 1981-1982, inclusive

Box: 1, U-matic: 267_568 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

The tape's label says, "Alan Sondheim, sections 1-8 of first film series, 1981-1982, from 16mm optical sound black and white. This series consists of 40+ segments, made at the rate of one reel per week, edited in-camera. They deal with ideology, politicization, the position of the subject, and are made to be shown together."

Film Screenings at Art Metropole (Toronto, Canada) - Ephemera, 1981-1983, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Millennium Film Workshop Inc. Personal Cinema Program Calendars, 1983-1993, inclusive

Box: 27, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newport Harbor Art Museum Events Calendar, July-August 1983, inclusive

Box: 77, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

AIR Program (ZBS Studios), 1984

Box: 72, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cinematheque San Francisco Calendar, 1984

Box: 27, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nexus Contemporary Art Center - Event Posters, 1984-1985, inclusive

Box: 77, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nexus Contemporary Art Center - Event Posters, 1984-1987, inclusive

Box: 77, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nexus Contemporary Art Center - Event Ephemera, 1984-1987, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nexus Contemporary Art Gallery - Atlanta Biennale Press Coverage, 1984-1987, inclusive

Box: 77, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

American Indian Pow-Wow - Grand Prairie, Texas, September 7, 1986

Box: 25, 8mm_Film_Reel: 267_135 (Material Type: film)

Video

American Indian Pow-Wow - Grand Prairie, Texas

Halwalls - Event Notes, Ephemera, Correspondence, 1986-1987, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film Forum Calendar, Los Angeles, CA, 1987

Box: 27, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Louise Shaw Makes a Case for Nexus," Open City, June 1987

Box: 77, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Immure" Exhibition at the Atlanta Stockade - Photographs, 1987

Box: 75, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nexus Contemporary Art Center - Atlanta Biennale Press Coverage, 1987

Box: 72, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tre Roberts Exhibition, 1987

Box: 73, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exhibits, Screenings, and Events by Various Artists - Posters, 1987-2010, inclusive

Box: 27, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exit Art International Forum of Super 8, 1988

Box: 73, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Western New York Filmmakers Forum - Screening Flyers, 1988

Box: 73, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Figure When It's Speaking" Catalog Essay - World Gallery, 1989

Box: 73, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tyler Stallings Exhibition Slides, 1989-1995, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film Screenings at Image Film/Video, Atlanta, GA - Ephemera, 1990

Box: 73, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Photophobia" Video Exhibition, 1990

Box: 73, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Red Year" Exhibit, Western Carolina University, 1990

Box: 73, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nexus Exhibition, Includes Opening - Atlanta, January 11, 1991

Box: 14, Hi8: 267_382 (Material Type: video)

Selections: Exhibition Consideration Tape: Desperate Thought Rises to the Surface, 1991

Box: 8, VHS: 267_741 (Material Type: video)

Virtual Arm Project - Stelarc, 1992-1993, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Aplets No Mister by Frederic Gafner, December, 1993

Box: 7, VHS: 267_660 (Material Type: video)
Box: 9, VHS: 267_685 (Material Type: video)

Nexus, September 11, 1993

Box: 16, Hi8: 267_404 (Material Type: video)

Exhibition Master: Rainbow @21, Millenium 1994, 1994

Box: 8, VHS: 267_739 (Material Type: video)

One0One by Frederic Gafner, September, 1994

Box: 6, U-matic: 267_632 (Material Type: video)
Box: 7, U-matic: 267_649 (Material Type: video)
Box: 9, VHS: 267_690 (Material Type: video)
Box: 10, VHS: 267_777 (Material Type: video)

Location of Materials

Duration: 11 min

Nihon Coin Over by Frederic Gafner, 1994-1995, inclusive

Box: 8, VHS: 267_705 (Material Type: video)
Box: 9, VHS: 267_693 (Material Type: video)

On the Vivid by Foofwa D'Imobilité, 1996

Box: 9, VHS: 267_700 (Material Type: video)

Stelarc Photographs and Interview, 1996-2001, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_180 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Stelarc Photographs and Interview (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Maximax (Work in Progress) by/with Foofwa d'Imobilité, 1997

Box: 9, VHS: 267_701 (Material Type: video)

Carte Blanche by Foofwa d'Imobilité, Loup Geneve, 1998

Box: 8, VHS: 267_707 (Material Type: video)

Improvisation at Hot House P.S. 122 - Alan Sondheim and Foofwa D'imobilite, December 6, 1998

Box: 10, VHS: 267_748 (Material Type: video)

Performance in Paris by Foofwa d'Imobilité, February, 1999

Box: 9, VHS: 267_673 (Material Type: video)

Performance in Hellerau by Foofwa d'Imobilité, June 5, 1999

Box: 9, VHS: 267_684 (Material Type: video)
Box: 68, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes event flyer in Box 68.

Terpsicorp and Marlabor by Foofwa d'Imobilité, September, 1999

Box: 8, VHS: 267_726, 267_715 (Material Type: video)
Box: 9, VHS: 267_676, 267_689 (Material Type: video)
Box: 10, VHS: 267_743 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

267_676 is labeled as the "original three performances." 267_689 is labeled as "quickcam shots." 267_743 is labeled as "rough cuts."

Catalog Essays and Exhibit Ephemera, 1999-2009, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_171 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Catalog Essays and Exhibit Ephemera (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Dance Performances and Choreographed Videos, 2000-2009, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_174 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Dance Performances and Choreographed Videos (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Event, Exhibition, and Performance Photos, 2000-2009, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_178 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Event, Exhibition, and Performance Photos (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Anya Olenbacher Dance with Rehearsal, 2003

Box: 14, MiniDV: 267_379 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

This tape is labeled as the master recording.

One0One by Frederic Gafner - Edit, 2003

Box: 7, VHS: 267_664 (Material Type: video)

Dance Photographs, 2003-2009, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_175 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Dance Photographs (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Nom d'artiste: Foofwa d'Imobilite, 2004

Box: 73, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"not-doing" Exhibit at the Paul Mesaros Gallery - Photos, 2004

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_167 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"not-doing" Exhibit at the Paul Mesaros Gallery - Photos (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"2 Fine" Performance, 2005

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_228 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"2 Fine" Performance, 2005 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Open Studio" Event Photos, 2005

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_168 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Open Studio" Event Photos (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Foofwa d'Imobilite - Bio and Performance Ephemera, 2005-2006, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Descendance" Dance Series - Artwork, 2006

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_163 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Descendance" Dance Series - Artwork (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"em/bedded" Exhibit at Track 16 Gallery, 2006

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_164 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"em/bedded" Exhibit at Track 16 Gallery (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Flute" Performance - Photos and Audio Recordings, 2006

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_166 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Flute" Performance - Photos and Audio Recordings (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Foofwa d'Imobilite - Dance Photos, 2006

Box: 73, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Incidences" - Five Dances by Foofwa d'Imobilite, 2006

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_233 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Incidences" - Five Dances by Foofwa d'Imobilite (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Terpsicorp" Dance Series - Artwork, 2006

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_169 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Terpsicorp" Dance Series - Artwork (Material Type: Electronic Record)

123 Club Performances - Audio and Video Recordings, 2007-2008, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_170 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

123 Club Performances - Audio and Video Recordings (Material Type: Electronic Record)

SecondLife Events - Screenshots and Videos, 2007-2009, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_179 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

SecondLife Events - Screenshots and Videos (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Evam" Dance by Foofwa d'Imobilite and Azure Carter, 2009

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_165 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Evam" Dance by Foofwa d'Imobilite and Azure Carter (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Dance New Amsterdam - Class and Performance, 2010

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_173 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Dance New Amsterdam - Class and Performance (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"The Accidental Artist" - SecondLife Performance, Undated, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_229 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"The Accidental Artist" - SecondLife Performance (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Air" Exhibit Photgraphs (Montreal and Toronto), Undated, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Blow Dance", Undated, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_230 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Blow" Dance (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Cathedral" - Kira, Azure, Undated, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_231 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Cathedral" - Kira, Azure (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Dance, Undated, inclusive

Box: 17, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 267_509 (Material Type: video)

Dance 1 and 2 - Heidi Trudinger, Undated, inclusive

Box: 3, U-matic: 267_592 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

Other labels on the tape say "Heidi: source for knees piece" and "Heidi Hi8 Dub."

"The Death of Sean Smith" Exhibit, Texas, Undated, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 14, 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Flesh" Exhibition - University Gallery, North Carolina, Undated, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Foofwa d'Imobilite - 3 Solo Excerpts with Commentaries, Undated, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_232 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Foofwa d'Imobilite - 3 Solo Excerpts with Commentaries (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Franklin Furnace Events Calendar, Undated, inclusive

Box: 77, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Frederic Gafner - Unlabeled Dances, Undated, inclusive

Box: 9, VHS: 267_683 (Material Type: video)
Box: 8, VHS: 267_723 (Material Type: video)
Box: 68, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes handwritten note in Box 68.

Geneva Dance Run - Foofwa d'Imobilité, Undated, inclusive

Box: 14, MiniDV: 267_378 (Material Type: video)

The Ideal Forms: 5 Nude Solo Dances, Undated, inclusive

Box: 17, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 267_533 (Material Type: video)

[Illegible] Ex Habitable with Ellis, Roosevelt Island, Etc., Undated, inclusive

Box: 79, 16mm_film_reels: 267_095 (Material Type: film)

Video

[Illegible] Ex Habitable with Ellis, Roosevelt Island, Etc.

"Kilometrix Dancerun," Foofwa d'Imobilite, Undated, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_234 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Kilometrix Dancerun," Foofwa d'Imobilite (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Kit I," Meta Ltd., Undated, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Projects in Nature: Eleven Environmental Works," Merriewold West, Far Hills, NJ, Undated, inclusive

Box: 77, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Sex Dance", Undated, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_267_ER_235 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Sex Dance (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Stewart Hannon - Political Tactics and Defense Strategy, Undated, inclusive

Box: 11, audiocassette: 267_282 (Material Type: Audio)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 77 minutes.

Audio

Stewart Hannon - Political Tactics and Defense Strategy

Susan Grant Interview, Guitar Solo, Undated, inclusive

Box: 11, audiocassette: 267_311 (Material Type: Audio)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 50 minutes.

Audio

Susan Grant Interview, Guitar Solo

Thornton, Greet, Imobilité, Undated, inclusive

Box: 9, VHS: 267_680 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

titles are illegible

"Time Stall," Meta Ltd., Undated, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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