There are a few works that don’t seem to fit elsewhere. Here are 3\/4 drawings that have a performative dimension to them though they are neither actions nor scores.<\/p>\n

$\"Oh$ <\/a>Oh to be a child<\/em> c1970s Pencil and watercolour on paper Approx 32 x 22 ins<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n\n \n $\"Blind$ <\/a>Blind crows heading homeless<\/em> c1970s Ink and hand-printed lettering Approx 22 x 32 ins<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n\n \n $\"Commander$ <\/a>Commander Dachsund<\/em> c1970s Ink and hand-printed lettering Approx 22 x 32 ins<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n And inverted:<\/p>\n \n \n $\"Commander$ <\/a>Commander Dachsund<\/em> c1970s Inverted<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n I made many actions that happened in the domestic environment – rituals and activities that were variations on things we do in daily life with ordinary domestic objects and materials.<\/p>\n \n \n $\"Domestic$ Domestic Piece 1-2-3<\/em> March 1970 Corks water and tin cans<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n In Action Bivouacs,<\/em><\/strong> a person sat inside each of the three bivouacs. One person, smoked a cigarette and blew smoke through an opening (with a flap) in the newspaper; another, breathed in a very pronounced fashion through a hole; and the third person blew bubbles through the hole in the other bivouac. Printed on three signs were the words: smoke out<\/em>; breathe out<\/em>; blow out<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n \n $\"Action$ Action Bivouacs<\/em> April 1971 Newspaper, masking tape, three performers<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n\n \n $\"Action$ Action Bivouacs<\/em> April 1971 – detail<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are a few works that don’t seem to fit elsewhere. Here are 3\/4 drawings that have a performative dimension to them though they are neither actions nor scores. Oh to be a child c1970s Pencil and watercolour on paper … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":286,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.johndanversart.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/750"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.johndanversart.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.johndanversart.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.johndanversart.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.johndanversart.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/archive.johndanversart.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1212,"href":"http:\/\/archive.johndanversart.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/750\/revisions\/1212"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.johndanversart.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.johndanversart.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}