Arleen Schloss

Musical Artist

1943 –

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Who is Arleen Schloss?

Arleen Schloss is a noted "North American performance art pioneer, video/film artist, sound poet, director and curator" who is an influential figure in the Downtown New York art, video, performance art and music scenes. Schloss began her influence through A’s – an interdisciplinary loft space that became a hub for music, exhibitions, performance art, films and videos. A hotbed of experimentation, A’s featured works from Eric Bogosian, Glenn Branca, in 1979 Jean-Michel Basquiat, John Zorn, The Coachmen, Kim Gordon, Phoebe Legere, Mania D, Thurston Moore, Shirin Neshat, Lee Ranaldo, Sur Rodney Sur, the Noise Bands Test Pattern and Gray Alan Vega and Ai Weiwei In the 1990s A's became A's Wave where website works and other forms of digital media were shown.

Concurrently with A’s, Schloss established herself as a curator, co-organizing shows at Danceteria and The Storefront of Art and Architecture, now a well-known architectural venue in New York.

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Born
Dec 12, 1943
Brooklyn

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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