2nd annual NY Avant Garde Festival

2nd annual NY Avant Garde Festival

Avant-Garde music; Experimental performance; Fluxus; 20th-century composition; New York concerts.

Promotional poster for the 2nd Annual New York Avant Garde Festival, held at Judson Hall (165 W 57th St, New York City) from August 30 to September 13, 1964. The festival featured performances by Charlotte Moorman, Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma, and others, and included the American premiere of Originale, a play by Karlheinz Stockhausen directed by Allan Kaprow and performed by artists and composers such as David Behrman, Allen Ginsberg, Alvin Lucier, James Tenney. The poster lists program dates, participants, and ticket prices.

Charlotte Moorman

Original poster from University of Toronto, Robarts Library

Norman J. Seaman; Charlotte Moorman; Judson Hall (venue)

1964

Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer); Allan Kaprow (director); performing artists as listed on the poster

Related to: Annual Avante-Garde Festival of New York (series, 1963-1980); Fluxus performances and exhibitions.
Related to: Peter Moore's documentary "Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes," completed in 1994.

Paper poster, black and white print typographic layout, approx. 56x30.5 cm, digital reproduction (TIFF, 600 dpi)

English

Still Images; Text; Poster

Spatial: New York (N.Y.), United States; Temporal: 1964