7th Annual NY Festival of the Avant Garde

7th Annual NY Festival of the Avant Garde

Avant-garde music; Fluxus; Performance art; Outdoor art festivals;
Intermedia; Experimental music; New York cultural events

Poster for the 7th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival: On Two Islands, organized and directed by Charlotte Moorman in 1970. The festival took place on Ward’s Island and Mill Rock Island in New York City, featuring outdoor performances, installations, and participatory works by over 100 artists, composers, and performers. The poster is printed in green over a city map background, with the festival title at top and artist signatures arranged vertically along the map’s path, visually connecting the two islands.

Charlotte Moorman (organizer/presenter)
Jim McWilliams (poster designer)

Original poster from University of Toronto, Robarts Library

Charlotte Moorman; Norman J. Seaman (producer)

September 28 - October 4, 1970

Participating artists and performers as listed; Nam June Paik; Yoko Ono; John Cage; Carolee Schneemann; Allan Kaprow

Part of: Annual New York Avant Garde Festival (series, 1963–1980).

Paper poster, offset lithograph in green and black ink, vertical format, approx. 77.8 x 17.8 cm; digital reproduction (jpeg, 600 dpi)

English

Still Image; Text; Poster

Spatial: Ward’s Island and Mill Rock Island, New York City (N.Y.), United States; Temporal: 1970