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Faculty	Lacy, Suzanne
Title	Crystal Quilt
Department	Fine Arts Graduate Studies-Public Practice
Other Creators	Rose, Phyllis Jane Schapiro, Miriam Stone, Susan
Date	1984 May
Series	Whisper Projects
Project	On Mother’s Day, 430 women over the age of 60 were performers in an hour-long tableau that was live broadcast by public television. 3000 people attended the performance staged on an 82 foot square rug with tables placed to resemble a quilt (designed by painter Miriam Shapiro) and listened to an accompanying soundtrack that mixed the voices of 75 women talking about aging (by composer Susan Stone). Speakers mixed personal observations and reminiscences with social analysis about the unutilized potential of the elderly.<p> While audience listened to the soundtrack, real time conversations between the women echoed the same themes. Between ten minute intervals, a loon cry or thunderclap rang out through the space, signaling the women to change the position of their hands on the table, thus changing the design of the quilt. At the end of the performance, the audience brought hand-painted scarves as they flooded onto the stage, disrupting the austere order of the quilt design to create a crazy quilt of color, greeting the triumphant performers. This performance was live-broadcast by KCET public television.
Medium	Performance
Site	Minneapolis, MN
Notes	Performance by Suzanne Lacy with Phyllis Jane Rose. Quilt by Miriam Schapiro, sound by Susan Stone. Held in the IDS Crystal Court, Minneapolis, May 1987.
Culture	U.S.
URL	http://www.suzannelacy.com/1980swhisper_minnesota_crystal.htm
Rights	Suzanne Lacy
Collection	Faculty Work

Faculty	Lacy, Suzanne
Title	Crystal Quilt
ImageID	otisfaclacy16
View	Performers wait to enter the quilt
Rights	photo: Linda Brooks
Collection	Faculty Work

Crystal Quilt

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Crystal Quilt

Crystal Quilt