8BC records
name: label: Creator
content: 8BC (Organization: New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Conboy, Cornelius
place: label: Place
content: East Village (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Performance art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2000 by Cornelius Conboy, owner of 8BC.
creator: label: Creator
content: 8BC (Organization: New York, N.Y.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Multimedia gallery and performance art club; East Village, N.Y., located in the East Village, N.Y., on 8th St. between B and C. Cornelius Conboy was a co-founder and owner. The club opened October 31, 1983, and closed October 20, 1985.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.8bc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Articles (mostly photocopies) and magazines about 8BC; photographs, mainly of club performances; slides; scrapbooks, and a 331/3 recording, "Poo Poo Bomb." The material was compiled by Cornelius Conboy, and mostly relates to publicity of the club's events. Also found are books and articles on the East Village scene, and other clubs, galleries, and performance spaces operating during the 1980s.