Carp

The Citadel

Artist Chris Burden
Date Aug. 8-12, 1978
Location Los Angeles
Type Performance, Installation, Concept

Chris Burden presented a massive assembly of starships from throughout the universe Aug. 8-12, 1978, in a piece sponsored by Carp and installed at Robert Wilhite's Studio in Los Angeles. Guests had received invitations for admission to the installation, investigating The Citadel—an inexplicably infinite wall.

Related Projects
In his first show on the West Coast, Dennis Oppenheim presented through Carp a sequence of color slides accompanied by audio in the afternoons of April 29-30, 1977.
In a show sponsored by Carp at the Dickson Auditorium at the University of California, Los Angeles, Vito Acconci presented a silent film in color with captions to the public.
Joyce Lightbody in coordination with Carp Oct. 19-25, 1975, presented an installation of drawings, numerical and alphabetical correlations systematically determining line placement and arrangement, with reference charts.