University Art Museum, Berkeley (1980)

Installation Views
Organic Honey
Performance Documentation
Organic Honey
Mirage
Funnel
Floor Plans

Installation Views

Joan Jonas: Performances/Video/Installation, curated by David Ross, University Art Museum (now UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), Berkeley, May 16–June 29, 1980.

A table, a TV monitor on a stand, a beam, a metal hoop and a ball hanging from the ceiling and two large cones are placed in between multiple backdrops

Various lounge chairs are placed in front of a TV monitor, on the walls are various drawings.

A room filled with various props, drawings, a swing hanging from the ceiling, a bridge, a ladder, and lounge chairs.

A swing hangs from the ceiling over a bridge placed in the middle of a room surrounded by various props.

A swing hangs from the ceiling over a bridge placed in the middle of a room surrounded by various props; to the right of the bridge is a ladder.

Various paintings hang against the back wall, to the right is a ladder with a robe hanging from it and to the left is a sign that reads: “Juniper Tree”

A wall with three drawings, to the left is a pole with a mask on it.

Organic Honey (early version) Installation View

Joan Jonas, Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll (early installation version based on set for performance which took place elsewhere in gallery), 1980. Multimedia installation. Installation view, Joan Jonas: Performance/Video/Installation, curated by David Ross, University Art Museum (now UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), Berkeley, May 16–June 29, 1980.

A room filled with various costumes and fans, images, and a chalkboard. To the left is a sign that reads: “Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll”

Performance Documentation

Organic Honey Performance Views

Joan Jonas, Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll, 1972. Video performance with live-feed and pre-recorded video. Performance views, Joan Jonas: Performances/Video/Installation, curated by David Ross, University Art Museum (now UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), Berkeley, May 23–24, 1980. Performer: Joan Jonas. Camera: Babette Mangolte. Technical assistance: Barney Bailey, Bobbie Schalk-Condie, Brüce Glück, Adrienne Wong.

Contact prints by Benjamin Blackwell

Photographic contact sheet showing different views of Jonas’s performance

Mirage Performance Views

Joan Jonas, Mirage, 1976. Performance with film projections and pre-recorded video shown on monitor. Performance views, Joan Jonas: Performances/Video/Installation, curated by David Ross, University Art Museum (now UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), Berkeley, May 16 and 18, 1980. Performer: Joan Jonas, assisted by Elsie Ritchie.

Photographs by Benjamin Blackwell

Jonas standing on top of a chalk drawing facing a projection of an erupting volcano

Jonas standing on top of a chalk drawing on one foot and holding a long stick. To the left is a TV monitor.

Photographic contact sheet showing different scenes of Jonas’s performance

Funnel Performance Views

Joan Jonas, Funnel, 1974. Video performance with live-feed and pre-recorded video shown on monitors. Performance views, Joan Jonas: Performances/Video/Installation, curated by David Ross, University Art Museum (now UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), Berkeley, May 30–31, 1980. Performer: Joan Jonas. Camera: William Farley.

Photographs by Benjamin Blackwell

Jonas wearing a chadri, to the left is a TV monitor on a stand displaying an image of Jonas.

Jonas wearing a chadri while holding a banner with a rabbit’s head painted onto it. To the left of Jonas is a TV monitor on a stand, displaying a close up of the rabbit’s head. There is a plastic butterfly on top of the TV

Jonas stands next to a TV monitor on a stand and holds a plastic butterfly in front of the monitor’s screen.

A cameraman films Jonas as she stands next to a TV monitor on a stand and holds a plastic butterfly in front of the monitor’s screen, which displays footage of the same butterfly.

Photographic contact sheet showing different scenes and angles of Jonas’s performance.

Floor Plans

Floor plan with performance, rehearsal, and installation schedule, Joan Jonas: Performances/Video/Installation, curated by David Ross, University Art Museum (now UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), 1980. May 16–June 29, 1980.