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PROJECTS: VIDEO XXIII

PROJECTS: VIDEO XXIII, on view at The Museum of Modern Art January

4 through January 30, 1979, features works by the San Francisco artist,

Howard Fried. The works are shown weekdays from 11:00 to 5:45, on Thursdays

until 8:15 and weekends until 4:45.

Since 1969, Fried has worked in the area of conceptual and performance

art. "When I'm operating in one system of values, I'm conscious that there

are an infinite number of other value systems that are equally valid,"

Fried comments.

"His works, which take into account the infinite possibilities always

inherent in a structure, are filled with contradictory impulses. Using

videotapes he acts out his theories, records the actions, deals with the

polarities of a situation and studies time as the unique coincidence of

events," Barbara London, director of the exhibition, notes.

Included in this video program are activities from Fried's daily

life: an ordinary day spent in his studio, Fuck You Purdue; his indecision

about placing a restaurant order, Sea Sell Sea Sick at Sea Saw Soar; conver­

sations among his artist and musician friends, who are drinking coffee at

a specially made counter-bar, Intraction and Ghost of the Creamer; and a

theoretical art lecture given by himself and a performer, Vito's Reef.

PROJECTS: VIDEO is made possible through the generous support of the

National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency in Washington, D.C. The

Museum's exhibition program is partially funded through the New York State

Council on the Arts.

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Schedule

Works are shown weekdays 11:00 to 5:45; Thursdays until 8:15; weekends

until 4:45.

Fuck You Purdue. 1971. Black and white, 30 minutes. MONDAYS

Sea Sell Sea Sick at Sea Saw Soar. 1971. Black and white, 50 minutes. THURSDAYS & SUNDAYS

Intraction and Ghost of the Creamer. 1973-74. Black and white, 50 minutes. FRIDAYS

Vito's Reef, Part I. 1978. Color, 34 minutes. TUESDAYS & SUNDAYS

December 1978 For further information, please contact Luisa Kreisberg, Director (212) 956-2648 or Bruce Wolmer (212) 956-7298, Department of Public Information, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, New York 10019.