13th annual NY Avant Garde Festival -World trade center

13th annual NY Avant Garde Festival -World trade center

Fluxus; Avant-garde art; Performance art; Video art; Experimental music; Happenings; World Trade Center; Twin Towers; Skyscraper art; Site-specific installation; Electronic art; Environmental art; 1970s New York

Poster published in conjunction with the 13th Annual Avant Garde Festival held on June 19, 1977 at the World Trade Center, New York City. The poster features Jim McWilliams's graphic design with participant lists and credits in white text on black background,
Stylized New York City skyline in turquoise/cyan tones featuring the Twin Towers red/orange horizontal band suggesting sunset or water and blue-purple geometric abstraction of Manhattan below.

Charlotte Moorman (director and organizer); Jim McWilliams (designer)

Original poster from University of Toronto, Robarts Library

Charlotte Moorman; Norman J. Seaman (producer)

June 19, 1977

Participating artists as listed on the poster; Laurie Anderson, Christo, Robert Filliou, Simone Forti, Geoff Hendricks, Joan Jonas, Allan Kaprow, Yoko Ono, Larry Rivers, Bill Viola, Jim McWilliams

Part of: Annual New York Avant Garde Festival (series, 1963–1980); Related to: Fluxus and intermedia performance at architectural sites

Paper poster, offset lithograph in full color, vertical layout, approx. 58.5 × 73.5 cm; digital reproduction (jpeg, 600 dpi)

English

Still Image; Text; Poster

Spatial: World Trade Center, New York City (N.Y.), United States; Temporal: 1977