Oral history interview with Peter Cramer and Jack Waters
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 22 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cramer, Peter Francis
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
label: Interviewee
content: Waters, Jack
label: Names
content: ABC No Rio (New York, N.Y.)
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content: Artist's Spaces Archives
label: Names
content: Collaborative Projects, Inc.
label: Names
content: New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development
label: Names
content: Acierno, Lou
label: Names
content: Gamper, Christa
label: Names
content: George, Carl
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content: Gonzalez-Torres, Felix, 1957-1996
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content: Howland, Becky
label: Names
content: Karlen, Joan
label: Names
content: Keene, Michael
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content: Kurtti, George
label: Names
content: Moore, Alan
label: Names
content: Schloss, Arlene
label: Names
content: Smith, Kiki, 1954-
label: Names
content: Taylor, Brad
label: Names
content: Taylor, Brian
topic: label: Occupation
content: Multimedia artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: African American societies
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Cramer, Peter Francis
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
label: Interviewee
content: Waters, Jack
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Peter Cramer is an interactivist artist from New York, New York. Jack Waters is a media artist from New York, New York. Liza Kirwin is the curator of manuscripts at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 73 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2007 September 6-October 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cramer07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Peter Cramer and Jack Waters conducted 2007 September 6 and October 9, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art, in conjunction with the Artists' Spaces Archives Project, at Allied Productions, Inc. Studio in New York, New York.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Cramer and Waters, former co-directors of ABC No Rio, speak of their family and educational backgrounds; dance studies; forming their own company POOL (Performance On One Leg) and their "umbrella" non-profit group Allied Productions; their performance "Seven Days of Creation" at ABC No Rio; "crisis management" of ABC No Rio's building at 156 Rivington Street; Colab [Collaborative Projects]; residents in the building including Bobby G and the Acosta family; programs located at ABC No Rio's including the Naked Eye Cinema, Open Mike, Z Club, hardcore Matinee (punk music), and others; seeking grants; incorporating as a non-profit organization; fostering a queer aesthetic; AIDS and the art community; ABC No Rio's traveling exhibitions and performances; gentrification on the Lower East Side; ongoing conflicts with New York City's Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (owner of the building); management of ABC No Rio's Board; community outreach; NEA funding and the "culture wars"; and the "burnout factor" of running ABC No Rio. They also recall Lou Acierno, Charas/El Bohio Cultural and Community Center, Christa Gamper, Carl George, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Becky Howland, Joan Karlen, Michael Keane, George Kurtti, Alan Moore, The Pyramid Club, Arlene Schloss, Kiki Smith, Brad Taylor, Brian Taylor, and others.