I.C.A.M.W.A.D. : I Cancel All My Works At Death
written and directed by Triple Candle ; dramaturgy by Jens Hoffmann
- Author(s)
- Triple Candle
- Editor(s)
- Triple Candle, Jens Hoffmann
- Publication
- Detroit : Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 2014
- Scope
- 138 Pages, illustrated, 25 cm.
- ISBN
- 9780982389638
I Cancel All My Works at Death' is the first comprehensive survey of the plays, actions, and performances of James Lee Byars (Detroit 1932 - Cairo 1997). Spanning the period from 1960 (when he created his first action in Kyoto, Japan) to 1981 (when de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam presented a year-long survey), the exhibition, which is titled after Byars' now-famous speech act, adopts the premise that the artist and his work are better mis-remembered than re-experienced. 'I Cancel All My Works at Death' therefore presents none of his actual performances; nor does it include objects made, owned, or used by him, nor vintage ephemera--with the exception of obituaries published in newspapers at the time of his death. What it does include are suits and costumes, scripts, theater posters, props, puppet videos, a detailed timeline, among other elements. It also includes new, un-authored solo actions and group events that will be carried out sparingly and intermittently during the run of the show.
- Person as subject
- James Lee Byars
- Keywords
- installation , sculpture , performance
- Location
- Cabinet 1 - 6: Kunstenaars
- Remarks
