AART & OBSCURISM: NOV. 10, 1979

In Los Angeles in late 1979, MCB performed a series of street "actions" that functioned as a guide to "obscurism" as art theory. These performances were unannounced, guerrilla-style interventions into L.A.'s urban sprawl and were documented on early reel-to-reel videotape. In this piece, MCB articulates the position of "an obscure artist living and working in L.A." Ignored by the "art world" and Southern California's car-obsessed culture, he dangerously ventures into heavy traffic on La Cienega Blvd. to ritually sacrifice his "voice." Camera: Richard A. Meade; computer transfer: Eric Gregory Powell.
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[kingbee847]

infamously obscure and timeless... This approches urban ledgerdermain.