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