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Artist/Maker
Raven Chacon
(Navajo, born 1977)
Date2019
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 11 × 8 9/16 in. (27.9 × 21.7 cm)
Frame: 18 7/8 × 14 3/4 × 2 in. (47.9 × 37.5 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by Katherine Hastings ‘82 and David Nathans ‘72
Object number2021.8.1.2
On view
DescriptionInstructions for performance by Raven Chacon:
For Autumn Chacon
For lamps and radios, and a large open space or room
Place (or locate) lamps and radios in the four corners of a space. For every "star," there should be a lamp. For every "wave" there should be a radio. The space can be as large as you wish to explore or know. If not already in this state, pre-tune the radios to mostly white noise with minimal signal coming through.
Starting at the "star" in the upper left corner of the score-map (and at that position in the physical space), turn on the lamp.
Move to another corner. Your movement need not be in a straight line. Trace your path on the score-map.
When you encounter a lamp or radio that is not turned on, turn it on. When you encounter a lamp or radio that is turned on, turn it off. Perform one action in a corner at a time, unless you return to the corner.
When all lamps and radios are turned off, proceed to the physical location corresponding to the place on the score-map where previous paths have intersected. There, sing the new song that you learned while performing the score.
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Additional Details
Provenance
2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts.
Markings
Stamp: ochre Crow's Shadow Press chop on verso at lower left;
Stamp: ochre Printer's chop on verso at lower right.
Stamp: ochre Printer's chop on verso at lower right.
Signature
Signed on verso at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed
"FOR AUTUMN CHACON" at upper right in ochre ink;
"9/20" on verso at lower left in pencil;
"CSP19-106" on verso at lower left in pencil.
"9/20" on verso at lower left in pencil;
"CSP19-106" on verso at lower left in pencil.
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