Oral history interview with Bob & Bob (Francis Shishim and Paul Velick)
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bob & Bob
label: Interviewer
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Dark Bob
label: Names
content: Shishim, Francis
label: Names
content: Velick, Paul Bob
topic: label: Occupation
content: Performance artists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease) and the arts
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: Bob & Bob
label: Interviewer
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Francis Shishim (aka The Dark Bob) and Paul Velick (aka The Light Bob) founded the art team Bob & Bob in the early 1970s in Los Angeles, California. They were part of early performance art in Los Angeles that used ironic humor and media stereotypes to critique the art world and surrounding society.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((21 min.), digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 12 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 July 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bobbob20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Bob & Bob (Francis Shishim and Paul Velick) conducted 2020 July 10, by Matthew Simms, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Bob & Bob's respective homes in Santa Monica, Calif.