4th annual NY Avant Garde Festival

4th annual NY Avant Garde Festival

Avant-garde music; Experimental composition; Fluxus; Performance art; 1960s American avant-garde; New York festivals

Promotional poster for the Festival of the Avant Garde, presented by Norman J. Seaman in association with Charlotte Moorman, held at The Central Park Conservatory Pond, New York, September 9, 1966. The festival featured an extensive roster of avant-garde composers, musicians, and artists, continuing the interdisciplinary tradition of previous years. Participants included David Behrman, Robert Breer, Earle Brown, Bill Dixon, Jacob Glick, Don Heckman, Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Joe Jones, Allan Kaprow, Kenji Kobayashi, Charlotte Moorman, Max Neuhaus, Nam June Paik, Benjamin Patterson, and Emmett Williams . The poster follows the signature-based typographic design of earlier festival editions, with artist names vertically arranged down the center in facsimile script. Performances were staged across several evenings at Judson Hall and related venues.

Charlotte Moorman (organizer/presenter)
Jim McWilliams (designer - collaboration with Moorman)

Original poster from University of Toronto, Robarts Library

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

1966

Participating composers and performers as listed on the poster

Related to: Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York (series, 1963–1980); Fluxus performance documentation

Paper poster, black and white print, vertical format, approx. 73 x 18.3 cm; digital reproduction (jpeg, 600 dpi)

English

Still Image; Text; Poster

Spatial: New York City (N.Y.), United States; Temporal: 1966