1. Alternative Media and Processes
Chapter 2.10
Alternative Media and Processes

2. Context of Alternative Media

3. Jackson Pollock creating an “action painting” by splashing, dripping,
and flinging the paint on the canvas.

4. Conceptual Art

5. Fig. 2.10.1 Jean Tinguely, Homage to New York, The Museum of
Modern Art, New York, March 17th, 1960.

6. Fig. 2.10.2. Barbara Kruger, Untitled [Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face], 1981-83. Photograph.

7. Fig. 2.10.3. Yoko Ono, Wish Tree for Liverpool, 2008.

8. Mel Chin: Operation Paydirt/Fundred
Dollar Bill Project

9. Fundreds at Langston Hughs Charter, New Orleans, 2008.
Fig Mel Chin, Operation Paydirt/Fundred Dollar Bill Project. Children making
Fundreds at Langston Hughs Charter, New Orleans, 2008.

10. Fig. 2. 10. 5. Mel Chin, Operation Paydirt/Fundred Dollar Bill Project
Fig Mel Chin, Operation Paydirt/Fundred Dollar Bill Project. Examples of the fundreds drawn by
Students in New Orleans, Louisiana, Marla, Texas, and Collowhee, Tennessee.

11. Performance Art

12. Fig. 2.10.6. John Cage, during his concert held at the opening of
the National Arts Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1966.

13. Fig. 2.10.7. Joseph Beuys, Coyote, I like America and America Likes Me, May 1974.

14. Fig. 2. 10. 8. Vito Acconci, Following Piece, 1969. Street Works IV
Fig Vito Acconci, Following Piece, Street Works IV. 23-day activity.

15. Fig. 2. 10. 8. Vito Acconci, Following Piece, 1969. Street Works IV
Fig Vito Acconci, Following Piece, Street Works IV. 23-day activity.

16. Fig. 2. 10. 8. Vito Acconci, Following Piece, 1969. Street Works IV
Fig Vito Acconci, Following Piece, Street Works IV. 23-day activity.

17. Laurie Anderson, Songs and Stories from Moby Dick, 1999.

18. Fig. 2.10.9. Marina Abramović, The Artist is Present, Performance,
3 months. The Museum of Modern Art, 2010.

19. Installation and Environments

20. Fig. 2.10.10a. Edward Kienholz, Detail of the Beanery.

21. Fig. 2.10.10b. Edward Kienholz, The Beanery, 1965 [restored 2012], Installation.

22. installation April 4, 1992-February 28, 1993.
Fig Fred Wilson, Portraits of Cigar Store Owners, from Mining the Museum,
installation April 4, 1992-February 28, 1993.

23. Pressed On], 2000. Projection, cut paper, and adhesive on wall.
Fig Kara Walker, Insurrection [Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We
Pressed On], Projection, cut paper, and adhesive on wall.