The records of artist-run collaborative exhibition and event space, Four Walls, measures 30.0 linear feet and dates from 1984-2000. The records document Four Walls activities such as artist conversations, panel discussions, exhibitions, screenings, and performances, and include photographic prints and slides, printed material and ephemera, notes and writings, correspondence, audio and video recordings, and some small artifacts. A portion of the material is in electronic format.
Biographical / Historical:
Four Walls (1984-2000) was an artist-run collaborative exhibition and event space, operated primarily by artists Adam Simon and Michael Ballou. The organization consisted of two consecutive phases: from 1984 to 1988 in Hoboken, New Jersey, and from 1991 to 2000 in the Greenpoint/Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
Provenance:
Donated in 2022 by founders Adam Simon and Michele Araujo and by Michael Ballou, who maintained a bulk of the material from Greenpoint in Brooklyn, New York.
Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact References Services for more information.
Rights:
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The donor has retained all intellectual property rights, including copyright, that they may own in the following material: "Dissociationism: an art movement at the end of the millennium," 1996, single-channel video, 44 min., 30 sec.
