Billy X. Curmano
Swimmin' the River
Alligators, lightning and sharks...Oh my! I became the first person in recorded history to swim from the source of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico during the performance and environmental...
Alligators, lightning and sharks...Oh my! I became the first person in recorded history to swim from the source of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico during the performance and environmental...
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Printed Matter, Tracks and Archive
The nature of intermedia practice often leaves tracks - from simple drawings or scratches on the earth, to printed matter, odd objects and audio/video materials. I have always tried to document and publish...
The nature of intermedia practice often leaves tracks - from simple drawings or scratches on the earth, to printed matter, odd objects and audio/video materials. I have always tried to document and publish...
Retro-Curmano
Retro-Curman(o)* or how I got here My ancestors had the “O” stolen from the Curmano family name at Ellis Island. As an adult, I took it back. I believe my earliest performance to have been “Kicks to...
Retro-Curman(o)* or how I got here My ancestors had the “O” stolen from the Curmano family name at Ellis Island. As an adult, I took it back. I believe my earliest performance to have been “Kicks to...
Objects Collected or Created in the Course of a Swim
OBJECTS Objects and Selections from Objects are in the tradition of the great panorama painters of the 1850’s that sketched their way down river and painted canvases that could be unrolled with narrative...
OBJECTS Objects and Selections from Objects are in the tradition of the great panorama painters of the 1850’s that sketched their way down river and painted canvases that could be unrolled with narrative...
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Articles Featuring Billy X. Curmano
access+ENGAGE Issue 14.1: All the World's a Stage, Feb 8, 2007
The Renegade: Pranks, Performance and Billy X. Curmano's Idea of Fun, Jan 28, 2008
Collections Featuring Billy X. Curmano
The Dark Side: a sampling of work from artists on mnartists.org for Halloween