Mitchell's Death
Linda Montano
1978, 22:00, b/w

Using performance as a means of personal transformation and catharsis, MitchellÕs Death mourns the death of MontanoÕs ex-husband. The narrative is revealed with a ritual performance incorporating reverberated chanting, acupuncture and every detail of the story.

Becoming Bald; Full Jar, Empty Jar, The Perpetual Napkin
Barbara Smith
1974-1984, 4:09

These pieces show art and especially the artist as a transmitter of energy as a living icon or tangka.

Clock Shower
Gordon Matta-Clark
1976, 13:50, silent

In this film of one of his most daring performances, Matta-Clark climbed to the top of the Clocktower in New York and washed, shaved and brushed his teeth while suspended over the streets in front of the huge clockface.

Marks
Skip Arnold
1984, 13:23

"Intent: to use my body to make marks on the walls of an 8 x 8 x 8' white room while an audience watched on closed circuit TV. The piece ended when I lost consciousness."

Punch
Skip Arnold
1992, 00:10

ArnoldÕs slight build heightens his physical provocation, as in Punch from 1992, where the artist asked an athletic man to punch him in the stomach.