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Guide to the Collective: Unconscious Archive
1995-2008 (bulk 1998-2004)
MSS 225

Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2596
Email: fales.library@nyu.edu


© 2009 Fales Library and Special Collections

Collection processed by Matthew Bruen, Jane Carr, Laura Helton, Kristen Highland, Chantal Johnson, Elizabeth McHenry, Luke Martin 2009.

This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2009-07-02T15:24-0400

Descriptive Summary

Title: Collective: Unconscious Archive
Dates: 1994-2007
Abstract: Founded in 1995, Collective: Unconscious (C:U) was an experimental theater group strongly committed to the neighborhood of Manhattan's Lower East Side and its developing artists. Collective: Unconscious members staged dozens of their own productions at the group's home on Ludlow Street (and later on Church Street) and rented space to many other performers. As leaders of other performance groups, Collective members also involved Collective: Unconscious in many of the downtown cultural festivals of the 1990s and early 2000s, including the New York International Fringe Festival and the Downtown Arts Festival. The materials in the collection document the production and promotion of performances staged and hosted by the Collective and contains exhaustive documentation of the group's administrative functions and financial difficulties.
Quantity: 18.0 Linear feet (18 boxes)
Call Phrase: MSS 225
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Historical Note

Collective: Unconscious was founded in 1995 as a confederation of artists working in visual and performing arts. For most of its existence, the group was housed in a space at 145 Ludlow Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, where it staged its own productions and provided rental space for performances by other emerging artists. Their "big in-house kickoff" in October 1995, Cucho Tailor, was designed to create a "collaborative performance environment". Other significant performances included American Slave Code (2000) by Tim Cusack and Charlie Victor Romeo by Bob Berger, Patrick Daniels, and Irving Gregory, as well as several episodic serial plays, such as the 1996-1997 Manifestations and The Lung of Ling (years undocumented). Among the most well-known works mounted by outside artists were Reverend Jen's Anti-Slam and the Robert Beck Memorial Cinema.

In addition to being known for experimental work using a variety of genres and material, often in the service of humor or social critique, Collective: Unconscious also had a reputation for self-promoting and participating in the artistic community of the Lower East Side and downtown Manhattan through other group performances and festivals. Collective: Unconscious members were also the artistic directors of several ongoing performance groups, including the Play Practice workshop, Collective Unconscious Sub-Group Network 23, Collective Unconscious Sub-Group IFAM, and Tribeca Lab Theater. Collective: Unconscious artists participated in The New York International Fringe Festival and the Downtown Arts Festival. The Collective: Unconscious facility also hosted several festivals, including the New York Fringe Festival, the Downtown Arts Festival, and the New York Lower East Side Film Festival.

In 2005, because of increased rental costs, the group was forced to move into a space at 279 Church Street in Manhattan and in 2007-2008, Collective: Unconscious lost its lease and relinquished its rental space altogether. Though not currently active, the group maintains a presence online through their official web site, www.weird.org, which includes promotions for underground zero, an annual festival of experimental theater begun in 2007, to be held at P.S. 122 in the East Village. The archive reflects the group's commitment to a non-hierarchical operating structure—no record of staff titles or distinction between collective members and collective founders will be found. Periodical sources included in the collection mention Caterina Bartha and Daniel Green as being among the group's co-founders. Other members have included Julia Berger, Robert Berger, Audrey Crabtree, Patrick Daniels, Justin Davila, Gecko, Irving Gregory, Christiaan Koop, Scott Kravet, Jaimie Mereness, Al Ramos, Kelly Schornak, and Steve Zacks.

References:
1. Collective: Unconscious, company history and mission statement included in press kit, undated. 2. Collective: Unconscious web site, www.weird.org.

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Scope and Content note

The Collective: Unconscious archive reflects the experimental theatre group's devotion to theatrical eccentricity, performative creativity, and the downtown Manhattan arts scene. Canvassing the time between the group's inception in 1995 and its subsequent closure in 2008, the archive covers fourteen years of Collective: Unconscious' activities within New York City's theatre movement and documents Collective: Unconscious' contributions to late 20th-century and early 21st-century Manhattan avant-gardism. These activities included the group’s production of original in-house plays, its participation in various metropolitan cultural festivals, and its cross-promotion of downtown theatrical groups and events. The archives' contents range from financial documents and administrative papers to experimental stage props.

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Arrangement note

For the most part, materials are arranged chronologically. Undated materials may be found at the end of each Series or Subseries. Video and audio media have been divided into subseries to differentiate production recordings from commercial or other recordings. Each media element has been assigned a unique identification number and, for the most part, has been arranged alphabetically by production title.

The collection is arranged into seven series:

Series I: Production Files
Series II: Administrative Files
Series III: Photographic Material
Series IV: Realia
Series V: Video
Series VI: Audio
Series VII: Computer Disks

The Oversize section includes oversized material from: Series I, Subseries A, B; Series III; and Series IV.


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Restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

Collection use is subject to all copyright laws. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Director of Fales Library and Special Collections. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu. or call 212 998 2596.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers. Restrictions include two folders in Series II: Financial. Series IIA contains the folder “Brian Homa personal” which includes a transcript which may be viewed only by Brian Homa. Series IIC contains the folder "Tax forms, Daniel E. Green" which includes personal records which may be viewed only by Daniel E. Green. Appointments are necessary for the use of manuscript and archival collections.

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Access Points

Subjects

Arts -- Finance -- United States.
Avant-garde theater.
Experimental theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
Festivals.
Off Off-Broadway theater.

Type

Administrative records
Audiocassettes.
Blueprints
Financial records.
Floppy disks.
Flyers.
Mini-DV
Negatives (photographic)
Photocopies.
Photographs.
Posters.
Props (object genres)
Slides (photographs)
VHS (TM)
Videocassettes.

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Administrative Information

Provenance

Material within the Collective: Unconscious Archive was donated by the organization to the Fales Library in 2008.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); Collective: Unconscious Archive; MSS 225; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.

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Offsite Barcode List:

Box 1 - Barcode: 31142042239940 Box 2 - Barcode: 31142042239957 Box 3 - Barcode: 31142042239965 Box 4 - Barcode: 31142042239973 Box 5 - Barcode: 31142042239981 Box 6 - Barcode: 31142042239999 Box 7 - Barcode: 31142042240005

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Container List

Series I: Production Files
Scope and Content note:

Series I: Production Files is comprised of paper archives that relate to Collective: Unconscious’s production of theatrical events. This series includes scripts for individual plays and festivals, proposals, publicity, and miscellaneous papers associated with the general production of artistic forms and materials relating to the rental of performance space. Also included are near-comprehensive show reports documenting the date, title, attendance and ticket price of various performances. The material has been arranged within four subseries:

Subseries A: General
Subseries B: Programs, Press, and Promotional
Subseries C: Scripts
Subseries D: Publications/Source Material

Subseries A: General
Box Folder Title Date
1 1 Mission statements and history N/A
1 2 Production guidelines and signed waivers 1994-2000
1 3 Submissions and Proposals 1998-2000
1 4 Production reports and schedules, Jan-Feb 1999 1999
1 5 Production reports and schedules, Apr-May 1999 1999
1 6 Production reports and schedules, June-July 1999 1999
1 7 Production reports and schedules, Aug-Oct 1999 1999
1 8 Production reports and schedules, Oct-Dec 1999 1999
1 9 "Pilot & Aviation Logbook" - audience register for Charlie Victor Romeo [1999]
1 10 Drama Desk Award Nominations - Charlie Victor Romeo 1999-2000
1 11 Actors' Equity Association rules and agreement 1999-2000
1 12 Fringe Festival 1999-2000
1 13 Fringe Festival 1999-2004
1 14 Museum of Experience files 2000
1 15 Resumes and letters of interest 2000-2002
1 16 Mermaid Parade 2000-2004
1 17 Production reports and schedules, Mar-Apr 2000 2000
1 18 Production reports and schedules, May-June 2000 2000
1 19 Production reports and schedules, Jun-Aug 2000 2000
1 20 Production reports and schedules, Sep-Oct 2000 2000
1 21 Production reports and schedules, Nov-Dec 2000 2000
1 22 "Whispers Now, The Revolution" notebook 2001
1 23 Manhattan Neighborhood Network Guide 2001
1 24 Production reports and schedules, Jan-Feb 2001 2001
1 25 Production reports and schedules, Mar-Apr 2001 2001
1 26 Production reports and schedules, May-Aug 2001 2001
1 27 Production reports and schedules, Sep-Dec 2001 2001
1 28 Howl! Festival of East Village Arts 2002
1 29 Production reports and schedules, Jan-Mar 2002 2002
1 30 Production reports and schedules, Feb-Mar 2002 2002
1 31 Production reports and schedules, Apr-May 2002 2002
2 1 Production reports and schedules, May-July 2002 2002
2 2 Production reports and schedules, Jul-Aug 2002 2002
2 3 Production reports and schedules, Sep-Oct 2002 2002
2 4 Production reports and schedule, Nov-Dec 2002 2002
2 5 Production reports and schedules 2003
6 6 Production reports and schedules 2003
2 7 Production reports and schedules 2003
2 8 Production reports and schedules 2004
2 9 Anthology Film Archives program, Jan-Mar 2007 2007
2 10 Misc. programs undated
2 11 Production reports [blank] undated
2 12 Audition Schedule, March 26 undated
2 13 Open Mic schedule undated
2 14 Annotated paper nameplates undated
2 15 Saynayas storyboards, 5-98 (diagrams) undated
2 16 Manifestations audience surveys undated
2 17 [sheets with typewritten phrases] undated
2 18 Misc. production outlines undated
2 19 Misc. production drawings and diagrams undated
2 20 Rev. Jen's Anti-Slam schedule undated
2 21 VAC Plastics and Winland Electronics catologs undated
2 22 Newspaper clipping - Balthus, "De gitaarles" undated

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Subseries B: Programs, Press, and Promotional
Box Folder Title Date
2 23 Flyers, programs, and calendars 1995-1998
2 24 Misc. Press 1996-2001
2 25 Misc. Press 1996-2002
2 26 Press releases 1998-2003
2 27 Flyers, programs, and calendars 1999
2 28 Advertising rates and Time Out New York Media Kit 1999
2 29 Flyers, programs, and calendars 1999
2 30 The Battle Cry [C:U publication], April 2000 2000
2 31 Membership info 2000
2 32 Film projects info 2000-2001
2 33 Fringe Festival publications/programs 2000-2002
2 34 Charlie Victor Romeo promo, programs, and press releases 2000-2001
2 35 Charlie Victor Romeo press 2000-2002
2 36 Flyers, programs, and calendars 2001
2 37 Flyers, programs, and calendars 2002
2 38 Flyers, programs, and calendars 2003
2 39 5th Annual Mr. Lower East Side Pageant ballots 2003
2 40 145 Ludlow St. closing announcement, Nov 30, 2003 2003
2 41 Press 2003-2004
2 42 Flyers, programs, and calendars 2004
2 43 Flyers, programs, and calendars 2006
2 44 Flyers, programs, and calendars 2007
2 45 Flyers, programs, and calendars 2008
2 46 C:U comic strips undated
2 47 Misc. flyers, programs, and calendars undated
3 1 Misc. flyers, programs, and calendars undated
3 2 Misc. flyers, programs, and calendars undated
3 3 IFAM "Project Tentacle #1" info and press releases undated
3 4 Robert Beck Memorial Theatre promo and flyer scrapbook undated
3 5 Fax cover sheets for press undated

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Subseries C: Scripts
Box Folder Title Date
3 6 What About Me, by Nicolas Arjona 1996
3 7 gas/house bang/gang, by Benj Gerdes 1998
3 8 The Saynayas Project, IFAM 1998
3 9 American Slave Code, by David Pilot 1999
3 10 Schizorampant Before Extinction Series, by Katherine Chronis 1999
3 11 Kidnap Girl, by Nick Colt 2000
3 12 Good Morning Justin, by Dan Krumm 2001
3 13 Whispers Now, The Revolution, by William Pleasant 2001
3 14 Crying Out Loud, by Lennie Varvarides 2003
3 15 Dali! Inside the Mind of a Genius, by William Lee 2003
3 16 Dali! Inside the Mind of a Genius, by William Lee
3 17 Safe Harbor Amsterdam, by Jack Luceno 2003
3 18 The Search For My Inner Latina, by Michele Carlo 2003
3 19 Aircraft accident reports/transcripts undated
3 20 Beyond the Comfort Zone undated
3 21 Bier of the Bleeding Homonculus undated
3 22 Bush Death [abbreviated version for Mermaid Parade] undated
3 23 Charlie Victor Romeo undated
3 24 Christmastime in the City undated
3 25 For Arrested Protesters Everywhere undated
3 26 Hot Property undated
3 27 Love Research undated
3 28 The Lung of Ling [misc. episodes] undated
3 29 The Lung of Ling [misc. episodes] undated
3 30 Macky Does September undated
3 31 Macky Dees sheet music undated
3 32 Manifestations: The Numinous Hand [serial play] undated
3 33 Manifestations: War is Cold [serial play] undated
3 34 Monster Robot Versus Giant Tentacle, IFAM undated
3 35 Never Too Late, by Sumner Arthur Long undated
3 36 Nikola Tesla [proposal and outline of stageplay], by Mike Olshan undated
3 37 Roof Party undated
3 38 Special Guest, by Donald Elser undated
3 39 Squabbles, by Marshall Karp undated
3 40 Subterranean Homesick Blues undated
3 41 Toolbox undated
3 42 Partial/incomplete scripts undated

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Subseries D: Publications/Source Material
Box Folder Title Date
4 1 Misc. comic books 1958-1997
4 2 Cyclops no.2 (London: Aug 1970) 1970

Publication removed and catalogued in the Downtown Collection within Fales
4 3 Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena no. 74 (Apr/May 94); no. 77 (Oct/Nov 94) 1994
4 4 Crazy Christian Conspiracy Comics no. 3 (July 96) [Church of the SubGenius] 1996

Publication removed and catalogued in the Downtown Collection within Fales
4 5 WAR: White Aryan Resistance (Nov 97; Feb 98) 1997-1998
4 6 Abracadabra magic catalog 1998
4 7 Crappucino Vol. 1, Issue 2 1999

Publication removed and catalogued in the Downtown Collection within Fales
4 8 Stark Fist of Removal [the official newsletter of the Church of the SubGenius] 1999

Publication removed and catalogued in the Downtown Collection within Fales
4 9 Abrahadabra (Technologie) Nr. 13 undated

Publication removed and catalogued in the Downtown Collection within Fales
4 10 Continental Airlines safety instructions, 737-500 undated
4 11 Cyberjihad (Drencrom Presents) Year 0, Issue 1 [Church of the Subgenius] undated

Publication removed and catalogued in the Downtown Collection within Fales
4 12 "Did Rudy Giuliani Kill 300 Firemen on 9/11?" pamphlet undated

Publication removed and catalogued in the Downtown Collection within Fales
4 13 Foreign language primer undated
4 14 The Paranoid Times undated

Publication removed and catalogued in the Downtown Collection within Fales
4 15 Saddam Hussein [foreign language] comic book undated

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Series II: Administrative Files
Scope and Content note:

Series II: Administrative Files includes documents relating to building maintenance, day-to-day operations and communication. Extensive billing records and itemized receipts from multiple operating years are also included. This series also contains meeting minutes, financial records, tax returns and grant paperwork. Among the financial records are copies of the group’s leases and lengthy correspondence with both landlords and attorneys over issues and disputes. Of particular interest are folders relevant to the lease and to insurance, which document the increasing cost of rental and fire insurance in a Lower East Side neighborhood in a state of rapid change after 9/11. The material has been divided into three subseries:

Subseries A: General
Subseries B: Minutes
Subseries C: Financial

Subseries A: General
Box Folder Title Date
4 16 279 Church St., Dept. of Buildings Certificates of Occupancy 1991-2000
4 17 Brian Homa personal 1994-2000

*restricted
4 18 Lease & landlord files - 145 Ludlow St. 1995-1997
4 19 Alliance of Resident Theatres - Directory, Services Guide, Fiscal Year 96-97 survey, and other misc. files 1995-1997
4 20 Lease & landlord files - 145 Ludlow St. 1997-1998
4 21 Correspondence - postcards 1997-2001
4 22 Weekly planning calendar, March-July 1998
4 23 Grant files 1999-2000
4 24 Alliance of Resident Theatres - membership info, newsletters, 2001 fiscal analysis, and other misc. files 1999-2001
4 25 Lease & landlord files - 145 Ludlow St. 1999-2002
4 26 Donation solicitations [from other organizations] 2000
4 27 Correspondence - to Reverend Jen, from Christopher 2000
4 28 Central Contractor Registration - Defense Logistics Agency [for Robert Berger] 2000
4 29 Visual AIDS fundraising 2000
4 30 Parental consent forms [Talent Unlimited High School] 2000
4 31 Gift Matching Matching Program files 2000
4 32 Liability Insurance files 2000-2002
4 33 Liability Insurance files 2000-2002
4 34 Lower East Side Business Association - misc. files 2001
4 35 279 Church St. - Certificate of Occupancy, New York City Department of Buildings 2001
4 36 Materials For The Arts (MFTA) - membership/registration files 2002
4 37 279 Church St. - Chapin Loan info, renovation 2003
4 38 NY State Liquor Authority License 2003
4 39 279 Church St. building/theater - misc legal, financial, and logistical files 2003-2004
4 40 279 Church St. - lease changes and notations 2004
4 41 279 Church St. - Rider lease revisions 2004
4 42 279 Church St. - closing documents 2004
4 43 279 Church St. - insurance documentation 2004
4 44 Unsigned lease w/ annotations 2004
4 45 Correspondence w/ landlord Madeline Droege [incl. lease info, other legal documents, violations, etc.] 2004
4 46 Correspondence w/ landlord Madeline Droege [incl. lease info, other legal documents, violations, etc.] 2004-2005
5 1 Correspondence w/ landlord Madeline Droege [incl. lease info, other legal documents, violations, etc.] 2004-2006
5 2 Correspondence w/ landlord Madeline Droege [incl. lease info, other legal documents, violations, etc.] 2005
5 3 279 Church St. building/theater - misc legal, financial, and logistical files 2005
5 5 Clothing catalogs undated
5 6 Correspondence undated
5 7 C:U newsletter/donation solicitation undated
5 8 Employee benefit information undated
5 9 First aid, fireguard inspection checklists, and F94 ID cards undated
5 10 Letterhead undated
5 11 Member code of conduct undated
5 12 Business cards and telephone numbers undated
5 13 E-mail list and C:U retreat info undated
5 14 E-mail list undated
5 15 E-mail/phone list undated
5 16 Misc. adresses, e-mail/phone lists [orig. "add to mailing list"] undated
5 17 Misc. phone lists undated
5 18 Phone messages undated
5 19 Phone messages undated
5 20 Phone messages undated
5 21 Not-for-profit certificate undated
5 22 NYPR Star Initiative participation certificate undated
5 23 Operating manuals for electronic devices undated
5 24 Misc. pamphlets and show programs undated
5 25 Scott's notes about 145 Ludlow St. lease problems undated
5 26 Unidentified notes undated

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Subseries B: Minutes
Box Folder Title Date
5 27 Meeting minutes 1997
5 28 Meeting agendas/minutes 1997-2001
5 29 Meeting agendas/minutes 1997-2001
5 30 Meeting agendas/minutes 1997-2001
5 31 Meeting minutes 2000
5 32 Meeting minutes 2004
5 33 Meeting minutes undated

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Subseries C: Financial
Box Folder Title Date
6 1 Receipts 1993-1995
6 2 Guarantee receipt [blank] 1994
6 3 Financial register 1995-1996
6 4 Income/expense report 1995-2000
6 5 Teleplex payphone contract & receipts 1995-2002
6 6 Bank account ledger 1996-1997
6 7 Receipts, checks, and other misc. financial records 1996-1997
6 8 Account info and pettry cash ledger 1996-1997
6 9 Tax forms, Daniel E. Green 1997-1998

*restricted
6 10 Financial statements and account ledger 1997-1998
6 11 Petty cash ledger 1997-1998
6 12 Receipts, checks, and other misc. financial records 1997-1998
6 13 Receipts, checks, and other misc. financial records 1997-1998
6 14 Phone bills (Bell Atlantic, Verizon) 1997-2002
6 15 Receipts 1998-1999
6 16 Receipts, ledger, and other misc. financial records 1998-1999
6 17 Checking account statements and other financial reports 1998-2001
6 18 Checks and check stubs 1998-2002
6 19 Checks 1998-2002
6 20 Operating reports and tax records 1998-2002
6 21 Fire protection receipts/reports 1999-2001
6 22 Checks and check stubs 1999-2002
6 23 Electric bills (ConEd) 1999-2002
6 24 Garbage and city waste invoices 1999-2002
6 25 Receipts 2000
6 26 Petty cash receipts 2001
7 1 Misc. financial records 2001
7 2 Deposits 2001
7 3 Receipts 2001-2002
7 4 Deposits 2002
7 5 Deposits 2002
7 6 Deposits 2002
7 7 Not-For-Profit/Tax exemption records 2002
7 8 Tax exemption records 2003
7 9 Fundraising/grant files undated
7 10 Tax exempt info/forms
7 11 Misc. receipts [IFAM?] undated
7 12 Donations undated

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Series III: Photographic Material
Scope and Content note:

Series III: Photographic Material contains negatives, slides, and photographs pertaining to Collective members and activities. This series includes a large volume of snapshots, interspersed with what appear to be production shots and a few promotional images. Many of the photographs appear to be water-damaged and most lack documentation.
Box Folder Title Date
7 13 Slides - misc. 1994-2000

photographer: Allan B. Spiegel
7 14 Photographs - misc. "Monster Parade" [ca. 1996-2000]
7 15 Photographs - "Shrimpdiabloinmypants Film Festival" [1999]
7 16 Photographs - Charlie Victor Romeo [ca. 1999-2001]
7 17 Photographs - "Dinner Performance", 9/24/00 2000
7 18 Negatives and Photographs - "5th Annual Monster Parade" [2000]
7 19 Negatives - misc. undated
7 20 Photographs - misc. undated
7 21 Photographs - misc. undated
7 22 Photographs - misc. undated
7 23 Photographs - misc. undated
7 24 Photographs - head shots undated
7 25 Photocopies [postcard size]
7 26 Photocopies undated

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Series IV: Realia
Scope and Content note:

Series IV: Realia contains a variety of objects likely used as stage props as well as a small number of artworks.
Box Object Title Date
8 ID: 225.2.0001 Tristan Perich, "One Bit Music" (Cantaloupe Music) 2004-2005
8 ID: 225.2.0002 Artwork - Matthew Deleget, "Fortress" 2000

Silver metallic ink on black handmade paper on masonite board
8 ID: 225.2.0003 Artwork - C. Smith [untitled harbor scene] undated

matted photocopy
8 ID: 225.2.0004 Artwork [untitled nudes collage] undated

pencil, paint, and pastel on canvas
8 ID: 225.2.0005 Artwork - A.R. Ceheralu [sp?], "Nike Tsunami #17" 2005

holographic tile
8 ID: 225.2.0006 Artwork - [Hitler cutout] undated

marker and crayon on wax paper
8 ID: 225.2.0007 Sketchbook - Gecko undated
8 ID: 225.2.0008 Artwork - Jake Young [?], "Happy 10th Faceboy!" undated
8 ID: 225.2.0009 Woven fabric portrait [Karl Marx] undated
9 ID: 225.2.0010 "Borscht Belt" decorated wrestling belt undated
9 ID: 225.2.0011 Promotional coffee cups [4], C:U and Coffee Cup Productions 2001
9 ID: 225.2.0012 "Arsenal" perfume cannister [in shape of grenade] undated
9 ID: 225.2.0013 Metal bike horn undated
9 ID: 225.2.0014 Toy gun undated
9 ID: 225.2.0015 Toy gun undated
9 ID: 225.2.0016 Toy gun undated
9 ID: 225.2.0017 Disposable camera undated
9 ID: 225.2.0018 Antique telephone 1945
9 ID: 225.2.0019 Toy knife undated
9 ID: 225.2.0020 Doorbell undated
9 ID: 225.2.0021 Clear plastic tubing undated
9 ID: 225.2.0022 Mirror ball christmas ornaments undated
9 ID: 225.2.0023 Furry red glove undated
9 ID: 225.2.0024 Transparent red scarf undated
9 ID: 225.2.0025 Event lanyards - "Auto-Historical Anniversary Event 5", 4/8/2000 2000

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Series V: Video
Scope and Content note:

Series V: Video includes original footage of Collective: Unconscious productions, commercial videos, as well as source material collected as background research for productions and as documentation of other avant-garde artists. Subseries B, Originals includes recordings on various media of Collective: Unconscious performances. The bulk of material documents the anti-slams, episodes of Manifestations, and Faceboy. Series C, Miscellaneous, contains recordings collected by Collective: Unconscious, including commercial films, independent productions by contemporary and avant-garde artists, mixed recordings of source materials (primarily archival footage and television productions), and unidentified tapes.

Subseries A: Access Copies
Subseries B: Originals
Subseries C: Miscellaneous

Subseries A: Access Copies
Conditions Governing Access:

Access copies for video originals may not yet be available. Please contact a Fales Archivist.

Subseries B: Originals
Box Media Title Date
10 ID: 225.0001 "New Year's"; "Video Theme Party", 7/22/90 1990

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0002 "Gay Tards + Mini Red Satan, Surf Reality (1st NY perf.), 11/22/00" 2000

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0003 "Carmen Mofongo, Fiesta de Amor, 2/11/05" 2005

Format: VHS
20 ID: 225.0004 "Feb 29, 2004; Matchgame '04" 2004

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0016 "To Hug U + Squeeze You (Kreider); Black Lagoon, It's Alive (Marv); His Holy Prepose (Gang); Industrial Synth (S Price); SSsion, Anorexia... (Cody); Sex Machine, Death Becomes Her 9 Times (Biddle)" undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0019 "Jacinto" [related to CVR?] undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0023 "718-768-9079; AB25 OLOM on 01 16 2000, copy B1" [Subseries C?] 2000

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0036 "Stuff + AntiSlam Part 1, June 30, 2004" 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0039 "Air Force Shoot" undated

Format: MiniDV
11 ID: 225.0040 "Air Force Shoot" undated

Format: MiniDV
11 ID: 225.0041 "Ana Montana (3/01), CGC (4/22/01)" 2001

Format: Video 8
11 ID: 225.0042 "AntiSlam (Summer '00?, 'Secretary Day-Evening', 'Baby Al') 2000

Format: Hi8
11 ID: 225.0043 "Allesandro's Robosapien tryout, Fringe '99" 1999

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0044 "AntiSlam, 1/2[?]/04" 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0045 "AntiSlam, 10/24/01" 2001

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0046 "AntiSlam, 3/24/04 (no audio)" undated

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0047 "AntiSlam, 1/4/04 (no audio)" 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0048 "AntiSlam, 5/26/04" 2004
11 ID: 225.0049 "AntiSlam, 5/5/04" 2004
11 ID: 225.0050 "AntiSlam, 6/16/04" 2004

Format: VHS
11 225.0051 "AntiSlam, 6/9/04" 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0052 "AntiSlam, 6/22/04" 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0053 "Chronis stuff, Tompkins Park" undated

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0054 "EP!; Convention; Music Builders; 3/26/99" 1999

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0055 "Pixelface ('99?); Tesla party (7/10/04) 1999, 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0056 "Neal Medlyn; Mr. LES, mid-Jan '04 (no audio)" 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0057 "CVR" undated

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0058 "Disco Sucks (2 min.); Faceboy 500, 2/1/04 (no audio)" 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0059 "Don't Ask Don't Tell trailer" undated

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0060 "Don't Ask Don't Tell trailer" undated

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0061 "Drama Desk Nomination, 4/25/00" 2000

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0062 "Face[boy], 6/6/04" 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0063 "Faceboy, 5/16/04" 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0064 "Faceboy, 7/4/04" 2004

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0065 "Faceboy, 5/23/04" 2004
12 ID: 225.0066 "Monster 2001, #2" 2001

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0067 "LG" undated

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0068 "1) ???; 2)Magical Madness, 7/27/01" 2001

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0069 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 2: Viva La Revolucion (both nights)" [1997]

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0070 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 2: Viva la Revolucion (2 nights; video by Steve Zacks)" [1997]

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0071 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 3: Factfinding tour (tight), 1/10/98" [side of cassette reads: "War is Cold #5"] 1998

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0072 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 3: Factfinding tour, 1/9/98; + Flint" 1998

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0073 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 4: Operation Magna, 1/30-31/[98] (both nights)" [1998]

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0074 "Manifestations 5" 1998

Format: Video 8
12 ID: 225.0075 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 5" [1998]

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0076 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 5: The Trans-Siberian Express" 1998

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0077 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 6: Nutcracker" [1998]

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0078 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 8: Subterranean Homesick Blues, 5/31/98" 1998

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0079 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 8: Subterranean Homesick Blues, 5/30/98" 1998

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0080 "Manifestations: War is Cold, Episode 9, 8/29-30/98" 1998

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0081 "Match Game, 4/04" 2004

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0082 "Mermaid Parade, Monster Parade" 2001

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0083 "Mikon shots; Face; 2/29/04 (no audio)" 2004

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0084 "9/4/04" 2004

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0085 "The Primary Principle, by Miroslaw Rajkowski, 7/11/98 (shot by Scott Kravet; Light & Sound by Steve Zacks)" 1998

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0086 "Rev Jen" undated

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0087 "Rev Jen's Halcyon Show; Autoevent #7" 1998

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0088 "shoots for 360 [degrees]" undated
12 ID: 225.0089 "Tapp; Face, 4/25/04" 2004
12 ID: 225.0090 "Tesla Coil video, by Nick Zedd" undated

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0091 "Tesla moments, 6/1/04; Face, 5/31/04" 2004

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0092 "Two Wishes Kissing, + Kelly dancing..." undated

Format: Hi8
12 ID: 225.0093 "Two Wishes Kissing; War is Cold ep. 2 (last sc.); Steve (monologue)" undated
12 ID: 225.0094 [untitled] undated

Format: VHS-C
12 ID: 225.0095 [untitled] undated

Format: VHS-C
12 ID: 225.0096 [untitled] undated

Format: MiniDV
12 ID: 225.0097 "Walker, 9/30/00" 2000
14 ID: 225.0152 "Mr. LES Farewell Address" undated

Format: VHS
14 ID: 225.0153 "Mr. LES show [crossed out]; movies" [Subseries C?] undated

Format: VHS
14 ID: 225.0154 "Scott Kravet, Museum of Experience, Sex Workers (21 Min.)" undated

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Subseries C: Miscellaneous
Box Media Title Date
10 ID: 225.0005 "Queen of Outer Space" 1986

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0006 "Invasion of the Blood Farmers" 1986

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0007 "Mercury Rising" 1987

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0008 "Rollerball" 1975

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0009 "Leap of Faith" 1992

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0010 "Planet of the Apes" 1998

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0011 "Greatest Heroes of the Bible: The Ten Commandments/Abraham's Sacrifice" 1979

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0012 "The Running Man" 1987

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0013 "Lidsville, Vol. 1" undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0014 "Millenium Fever" [Subseries B?] undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0015 "WAHL Home Haircutting How-To Video" undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0017 "Bubblegum Crisis #5" undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0018 "Everting The Sphere" [Subseries B?] undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0020 [untitled] undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0021 [untitled] undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0022 [untitled] undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0024 "Bubblegum Crisis I,II,III,IV" undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0025 "(e)" [Subseries B?] undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0026 "Raw Justice" undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0027 "Stretch Marks vid" [Subseries B?] undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0028 "Blazing Saddles" undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0029 "Belle de Jour" undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0030 "Fists of Fury" undated

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0031 "Odyssey Animation, R.O. Ernst, 8/97" 1997

Format: VHS
10 ID: 225.0032 "J. Bond 147" undated

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0033 "BJ, Scott Hess at HERE" undated

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0034 [untitled] undated

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0035 [untitled] undated

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0037 "The First Day of the Beginning of the End of the World, Jenny Stark" 1999

Format: VHS
11 ID: 225.0038 "A Fool and His Money" undated

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0098 "a52, MVBMS, JP Morgan..." [container reads: "To Record"] undated

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0099 "Aguirre Der Zorn Gottes (The Wrath of God, with Klaus Kinski)" undated
12 ID: 225.0100 "Al Fresco 1998; (c) R. Shirley, Q. Williams" 1998
12 ID: 225.0101 "60 Minutes of all Cornelius vids & Live Destruction; Directed by Corneius, Harvard Design, Help! Films" 2000

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0102 "Anarchy USA (1965); The Commies are Coming (1953); Red Menace; The Code of Conduct" undated

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0103 "Architecture of Doom (about Nazi culture)" undated

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0104 "Attack of the 50ft. Woman" 1958

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0105 "Babe" 1995

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0106 "Battle of Algiers" 1993

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0107 "Big Trouble in Little China; Twins; Moon Over Parador" undated

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0108 "Black Magic M66 (48 min); Appleseed (70 min, Japanese cyberpunk animation)" undated

Format: VHS
12 ID: 225.0109 "Bondage, Vol. 1" undated

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0110 "The Bride of Frankenstein" 1991

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0111 "Broadway...A History of the Musical: Vol II, Broadway Comes of Age" undated

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0112 "Brooklyn Burlesque Blitz; 1/12, Hour 3, Hosted by Naughtia Nice & Bastard Keith" undated

Format: DVD
13 ID: 225.0113 "Cereal Commercials Vol. 1 & 2" undated

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0114 "Cheesedick, a tape by Matthew L. Weiss (Langdon-Boom Productions)" 2001

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0115 "16mm Classroom Films (Nostalgia Video)" undated

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0116 "Creepy Clips from Classic Horror Films!" 1995

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0117 "The Prisoner (Disc 2)" [container reads: "Demon Womb Check Disk 7/21/99"] undated

Format: DVD
13 ID: 225.0118 "Diary of a Chambermaid (revised 5/10/01)" 2001

Format: DVD
13 ID: 225.0119 "Diderot and the Last Luminare (Erika Suderburg)" 1992

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0120 "Los Diez Mandamientos (The Ten Commandments)" 1980

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0121 "Comedy Central, 6/15: 10PM -Dr Katz, ep. 601; 10:30PM -Mark Curry" undated

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0122 "Fishing with John, 3/17/99" 1999

Format: DVD
13 ID: 225.0123 "Flash Gordon (Vol. 1)" 1998

Format: VHS
13 ID: 225.0124 "Flash Gordon (Vol. 2)" 1998

Format: VHS
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