Series I: Aldo Tambellini and Ben Morea in the pre-Black Mask Period, 1961-1973 (bulk 1962-1965, inclusive; 1962-1965, bulk
Scope and Content Note
This series contains fliers, programs and other printed ephemera and photographs documenting the countercultural artistic endeavors, principally of Aldo Tambellini (there is also a biographical sketch) in the early-mid 1960s. Undertakings documented include the Black Gate Theatre, the arts project "Black Zero," "The Bridge," a downtown performance venue on St. Marks Place, fliers and a statement of purpose for "The Center" (another arts project), movie and gallery openings. The photographs includ images of Tambellini and his paintings and sculpture.
Arts Canada #113 (Devoted to the Theme of "Black"), Oct 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Beck, Julian and Judith Malina in an Open Discussion: Revolution as an Alternative ("Center" flier featuring a photograph of a street kid in front of an Aldo Tambellini sculpture), ca. 1964, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black Gate Theatre (2 photographs): Entrance (announcing Underground Cinema); Lobby (seated Kusuma Joe Jones), ca 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black 2 fliers for a "Centrefugue Event" at "The Bridge" featuring Morea, Tambellini, et al., ca 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black Zero: "Expanded Cinema" at the Bridge (4 St. Mark's Pl.) "For Immediate Release", Nov 23, 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black Zero: Fliers (with sperm graphic), Program for Bridge Theater, Dec 15-16, 1965 (Featuring works of Ben Morea, Aldo Tambellini, Ron Hahne, Bill Dixon, Alan Silva, Calvin C. Hernton), 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black Zero: Photograph (woman seated in front of poster "Aldo Tambellini: Intermedia, Electromedia, Theater and Film"), undated
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bridge Theater Program Featuring Weegee Film Festival, the Fugs, etc., ca 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The "Center" Flier, with a Calendar of Events ("The Center is an idea for the future, the artist must once again become the vision, we are the primitives of a new era."), ca 1962, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Center" Flier: Statement of Purpose with the Center Logo (Black circle with one black dot in the center), ca 1963-ca 1964, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Center" Flier: "Subscribe for the Creative Mind to Find Physical Space to Exchange Ideas", ca. 1963, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Expanded Cinema chapter, "Technoanarchy: The Open Empire", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Group Center article by David Bourdon, Village Voice (photograph of original), Jan 14, 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Morea, Ben: Xerox of Photograph, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Painted Black , Pen Sketch, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph, Aldo Tambellini's "Center" Group (Ben Morea, Ron Hahne, Aldo Tambellini, and three unidentified members), 1962-1963, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph of El Diaro de Nueva York, front page with a photograph of Aldo Tambellini, caption about Tambellini's costume creations, Jul 13, 1962, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photoprint Strips: A.M. Sachs Gallery, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poster for opening of Centrefugues (A series of events in the Arts featuring the work of Jackie Cassen, Jeriann Hilderley, Eileen Larue, Aldo Tambellini, Peter Martinez, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Quantum II Press Release for A.M. Sachs Gallery (Including an explanation of the event and biographies of the participating artists), Jan 5, 196?
Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Rebellion in Art Form-Tambellini's "Black 2" (New York Herald Tribune, photoprint), Jun 13, 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Screw card, signed by Tambellini, Reads: You are cordially invited to witness the event of the screw, in which a highly significant award will be presented to the Museum of Modern Art...[yellow cardboard 6x8], Jul 12, 1962, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sleeps with His Work, Fights Critics: Sculptor [Aldo Tambellini] Hunts Junk for Fierce Forms by Don Ross (New York Herald Tribune Clipping; Includes a photograph of Tambellini in his studio at 217 East 2nd St., with odd figure he cast), Nov 9, 1961, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tambellini, Aldo (biographical flier), 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tambellini, Aldo: Biographical Listing in Tamburine/919, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tambellini film/electromedia performance/television creations list (1965-1980; annotated by Tambellini, 4pp., undated
Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Underground" Benefit Bash Flier for "The Bridge" Performances (Including Tambellini's Black Zero and "Light," a film by Ben Morea, ca 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Views and Comments of the Libertarian League no. 46 [cover by Dick Tyler], Spring 1964, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Zero" (selections re; from Art and the Future by Douglas Davis, 1973, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
