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An image of Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979 by Mike Parr An image of Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979 by Mike Parr An image of Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979 by Mike Parr An image of Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979 by Mike Parr An image of Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979 by Mike Parr An image of Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979 by Mike Parr An image of Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979 by Mike Parr An image of Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979 by Mike Parr An image of Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979 by Mike Parr An image of Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979 by Mike Parr

Mike Parr

(Australia 1945– )

Title
Black Box: Theatre of Self Correction, Part I. Performances 1-6 [John's view], 3rd Biennale of Sydney, April-May 1979
Year
1979
Media category
Photograph
Materials used
10 gelatin silver photographs
Dimensions

a - Performance No. 1 [black box]; 23.7 x 35.1cm; image

a - Performance No. 1 [black box]; 30.4 x 38cm; sheet

b - Performance No. 1 [Mike and Geoff Parr]; 23.6 x 35.1cm; image

b - Performance No. 1 [Mike and Geoff Parr]; 30.3 x 38.2cm; sheet

c - Performance No. 1 [camera]; 35.2 x 23.7cm; image

c - Performance No. 1 [camera]; 38 x 30.2cm; sheet

d - Performance No. 1 [seated figure]; 35.1 x 23.7cm; image

d - Performance No. 1 [seated figure]; 38 x 30.2cm; sheet

e - Performance No. 2 [ice]; 23.7 x 35.1cm; image

e - Performance No. 2 [ice]; 30.4 x 38cm; sheet

f - Performance No. 2 [observer]; 23.7 x 35.1cm; image

f - Performance No. 2 [observer]; 30.3 x 38.2cm; sheet

g - Performance No. 3; 23.6 x 35.1cm; image

g - Performance No. 3; 30.3 x 38.4cm; sheet

h - Performance No. 4; 23.6 x 35.1cm; image

h - Performance No. 4; 30.3 x 38.1cm; sheet

i - Performance No. 5; 23.7 x 35.1cm; image

i - Performance No. 5; 30.3 x 38cm; sheet

j - Performance No. 6; 23.8 x 35.1cm; image

j - Performance No. 6; 30.3 x 38.4cm; sheet

Signature & date
Not signed. Dated l.l. window mount [nos.a-j], ink ".../ .../ ...April/ May 1979".
Credit
Purchased 1980
Accession number
246.1980.a-j
Copyright
© Mike Parr
Location
Not on display
Further information

Photographer: John Delacour

Bibliography (3)

Jenepher Duncan (Australia) (Editor), Off the Wall / In the Air: A seventies selection, Unknown, 1991, 11 [illus.], 17 [colour illus.]. cat. no. 122, It is not known which works from the Black Box series were actually shown in this exhibition.

Gael Newton (Australia) (Author), Re-constructed Vision: Contemporary work with photography, Sydney, 1981, [illus.]. cat.no. 36

David Bromfield (Australia) (Author), Identities: A critical study of the work of Mike Parr 1970-1990, Nedlands, 1991, 168 [illus.], 207-210 [colour illus.].

Exhibition history (2)

Project 38- Re-constructed Vision, Contemporary work with photography (1981), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Jul 1981–23 Aug 1981.

Off the Wall / In the Air: A seventies' selection, Monash University Gallery, 28 Jun 1991–10 Aug 1991.