Paper Tiger Television’s Coverage of Artists Call Performance Festival (1984)
ABOVE: Screeshot of Paper Tiger Television's “Artists Call for Central America: It's the Next Best Thing to Being There” (28min 19sec), Video, 1984. CC BY Paper Tiger Television 
Paper Tiger Television covered the second night of the Artists Call Performance Festival (later billed “Dance and Performance Festival”) at the Franklin Furnace on January 14th. The video above contains and interview with Lucy Lippard about Artists Call as well as a recording of the performances by Lenora Champagne, Jerri Allyn, and the Smith Bros. Other performances on the billing which where not recorded included pieces by John Malpede, Stephanie Skura, Eric Bogosian, Beth Lapides, Stuart Sherman, Tehching Hsieh and Linda Montano.
“Artists Call for Central America: It's the Next Best Thing to Being There” orignally aired on Manhattan Cable TV/ Channel C on January 18 at 8:30 pm, with an encore presentation on Manhattan Cable TV/Channel D on January 26 at 4:30 pm. (Reference: Red Letter Days, PAD/D newletter, January 1984 via New Museum Archive.)
Art for the Future : Artists Call and Central American Solidarities 👀, the group exhibition that I am participating in at Tufts University Art Galleries in Boston closes on April 24th, stop by if you can!
Watch Clip on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/iJY0AHXolhk
Watch Clip on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/145422852
Incase you missed it, here is a recent audio interview with Lucy Lippard and curators Erina Duggane and Abigail Satinsky by Ben Davis, artnet News’ Chief Art Critic: The Art Angle Podcast: How Lucy Lippard and a Band of Artists Fought U.S. Imperialism. February 11, 2022
Art for the Future : Artists Call and Central American Solidarities (January 20–April 24)
CLOSING EVENT:
Art for the Future Closing Artist Roundtable & Book Release Party, April 23, 2 – 4pm
Exhibition locations spans two Tufts University Art Galleries:
TUAG/School of the Museum of Fine Arts
230 Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
TAUG/Aidekman Arts Center
40 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155
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Art for the Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities at Tufts University Art Galleries runs from January 20–April 24, 2022. The book accompanying the exhibition is available for pre-order from Inventory Press: www.inventorypress.com/product/art-for-the-future
