The Events

The first person to put on a publicized live performance at 2B was Kevin Atherton in November 1975. This event confirmed the potential of the space and its location as an ideal venue for cutting edge time-based art work. A combination of word of mouth, individual mailers and contemporary arts publicity soon put the space on the arts map as a performance art venue.

In May 1976, regular Saturday evening shows began with presentations by members of the original group, quickly extended to shows by close associates and then opened to all artists wishing to use the space for presentations of their time-based work. In eighty shows over two and a half years, thirty involved film projection, a dozen used video, a further dozen were sound pieces; several used light as a primary element, some were pure performance art, while many used combinations of different media.

A selection of those events are documented here.