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Series VIII: The Cultural Space / The Laboratory

Scope and Contents Note

Series VIII: The Cultural Space / The Laboratory preserves records of the organization founded by artist Papo Colo in 1990. This series consists of two subseries that separate exhibition and administrative files. Subseries A: Exhibition Files includes artists' resumes, photographic components, and promotional materials; these materials are arranged chronologically by show opening date. Subseries B: Administrative Files preserves correspondence and financial records that are arranged alphabetically by record type.

Conditions Governing Access

Subseries B: Administrative Files includes restricted records that are not accessible, please contact a Fales archivist for more information.

Subseries A: Exhibition Files

Archival Files & Exhibition List, Mission Statement, undated

Box: 346, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Opening Night] Text for Poster, "Postcolonial" by Papo Colo, 1990

Box: 346, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Canal Grooves, "Young Turks" Press Release, December 7th [no year]

Box: 346, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Evidences: Exhibition Pamphlets, Price Lists, October 6, 1990

Box: 346, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Evidences: Guest Book [Photocopies], Press Clipping, undated; Spring 1991

Box: 346, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Evidences: Individual Works Photographs, 1990

Box: 347, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Evidences: Installation Contact Sheets, Negatives, Photographs, 1979, undated

Box: 347, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Evidences: Installation Photographs, undated

Box: 347, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Evidences: Installation Photographs, 1990

Box: 347, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Evidences: Installation Photographs, 1990

Box: 347, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Evidences: Labels, Wall Text, 1977, 1990

Box: 347, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Holy Wars: Exhibition Pamphlets, Photographs, Press Clippings, Press Releases, 1990 - 1991

Box: 347, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Disorder: Checklists, Flyer, Press Clippings, Press Releases, February - May 1991

Box: 347, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Disorder: "David Hatchett The Absolute Truth" Exhibition Catalogue, February 2, 1991

Box: 347, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Disorder: Elaine Reichek Texts, 1990

Box: 347, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Disorder: Labels, Listings, Price Lists, [1991]

Box: 347, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Disorder: Loan Agreement Forms, 1991

Box: 347, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Disorder: Photographic Material - Contact Sheets, Negatives, Photographs, 1991

Box: 347, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Disorder: Photographic Material - Slides

Box: 347, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Disorder: Quadrille Notebook, undated

Box: 348, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Zero Identity: Exhibition Pamphlets, Photographs, Price Lists, Press Releases, April 20, 1991

Box: 348, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Zero Identity: Listings, Text, 1991

Box: 348, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism: Anton van Dalen / Luis Jimenez Checklist, Listing, Press Clipping, 1990

Box: 348, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism: Anton van Dalen / Luis Jimenez Correspondence, Traveling Exhibition Fact Sheet, 1991

Box: 348, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism: Budgetary Material, Card Flyers, 1991 - 1992

Box: 348, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism: Judy Pfaff Biography and Press Clippings, 1992

Box: 348, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism: Judy Pfaff / Ursula von Rydingsvard Correspondence, Press Clippings, 1992

Box: 348, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism: Photographs, 1991, undated

Box: 348, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism: Photographs, Slides, Transparencies

Box: 348, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism: The Andy Warhol Foundation - Application Materials, 1992

Box: 348, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism, Zygmunt: Card Flyer Drafts, Promotional Material, 1992

Box: 348, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism, Zygmunt: Gertrude Stein Text, Performance Writings

Box: 349, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism, Zygmunt: "Performance Telephone Invites", 1992

Box: 349, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism, Zygmunt: Photographic Material, 1992

Box: 349, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism, Zygmunt: Program Drafts, 1992

Box: 349, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism, Zygmunt: Reservations / Box Office Lists, March 19, 1992

Box: 349, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism, Zygmunt: Slide Script & "The Cure" Script, 1992

Box: 349, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism, Zygmunt: Technical Notes, undated

Box: 349, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism, Zygmunt: Traveling Exhibition Correspondence, Fact Sheet, 1992

Box: 349, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life After Postmodernism, Zygmunt: Ursula von Rydingsvard Biography and Press Clippings, 1992

Box: 349, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stolen Kisses, First World Performance Theater: Photographic and Promotional Material, 1992

Box: 349, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stolen Kisses, First World Performance Theater: Reservation Lists, May 21, 1992

Box: 349, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stolen Kisses, First World Performance Theater: "Telephone Invites - Terry", undated

Box: 349, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trickster Theater, The Real Drawings of Artaud: Slides, October 12, 1996

Box: 349, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries B: Administrative Files

"Accounts Payable", 1992

Box: 349, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Accounts Receivable/Invoices", 1991

Box: 350, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery: New Generations, New York Exhibition Correspondence, Promotional Material, 1991

Box: 350, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chemical Bank, Manufacturers Hanover - Business Statements [RESTRICTED], 1992

Box: 350, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chemical Bank, ConEdison, Manufacturers Hanover - Business Statements [RESTRICTED], 1992 - 1993

Box: 350, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City of New York, Economic Policy and Marketing Group: Tourism Grant Program Guidelines and Application Forms Booket, 1992

Box: 350, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Colo Expenses" Receipts, 1992

Box: 350, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

ConEdison - Bill Summaries [RESTRICTED], 1992 - 1993

Box: 350, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Public Relations, 1991 - 1992

Box: 350, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Public Relations, 1991

Box: 350, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Public Relations, 1992

Box: 350, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, "Public Relations Info", 1989 - 1992

Box: 350, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Financial Analysis Pad, 1990

Box: 350, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Financial Compilation", 1991

Box: 350, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Financial Statement; Statement of Support, Revenue, and Expenses, 1991

Box: 350, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Floor Plan Notes, undated

Box: 350, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

JP Morgan Guaranty Trust Company: Application, 1992

Box: 351, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lease, LY Canal West Realty Corporation, Februrary 13, 1990

Box: 351, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Legal Documents," Corporate Records [RESTRICTED], 1990

Box: 351, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC): Application, 1991

Box: 351, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York State Charities: Registration, 1994

Box: 351, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York State Council on the Arts: Application, 1991 - 1992

Box: 351, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York State Council on the Arts: Application, 1992 - 1993

Box: 351, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Telephone Bills [RESTRICTED], 1990 - 1992

Box: 351, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts, April - August 1990

Box: 351, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts, September - December 1990

Box: 351, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts, January - April 1991

Box: 351, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts, May - September 1991

Box: 351, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts, October - November 1991

Box: 351, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts, January - May 1992

Box: 351, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Receipts (Unrecorded) from Construction", September - October 1990

Box: 351, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Release Form; Templates, April 26, 1991; undated

Box: 351, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rent: Correspondence, Money Orders, 1990

Box: 351, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Robert Stirling Clark Foundation: Application Draft, April 22, 1992

Box: 351, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stamp Negatives, March 3, 1990

Box: 351, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stationary, undated

Box: 351, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax Exempt Forms [RESTRICTED], 1992

Box: 351, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax Returns [RESTRICTED], 1991

Box: 352, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax Returns: Martin Geller CPA PC [RESTRICTED], 1991

Box: 352, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax Returns [RESTRICTED], 1992

Box: 352, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax Returns [RESTRICTED], 1993

Box: 352, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Andy Warhol Foundation: Correspondence, 1991

Box: 352, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Arts Forward Fund, The New York Community Trust, Art Matters Inc: Application, 1992

Box: 352, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Greenwall Foundation: Application Materials, 1992

Box: 352, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"To Be Filed" [1 of 2], 1993

Box: 352, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"To Be Filed" [2 of 2], 1992

Box: 352, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unemployment Insurance [RESTRICTED], 1991

Box: 352, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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