1974 Pauline Oliveros Walker Art Center Avant-Garde Music Rare Press Photo

Description: An original press photograph from the archives of the venerable 150 year-old Star Tribune newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Type & Size: A 5.5x7" original photograph.Condition: Photo from a working archive. May contain notes, marks, labels, clippings, and/or retouching by the staff at the time of publication. May contain issues associated with time, age, and use. Please see images for scans.Pauline Oliveros is depicted in this original vintage photograph, a noteworthy avant-garde composer recognized for her innovative approach to music. The photograph likely captures her at an event or venue connected to her work at the Walker Art Center in the early 1970s.Pauline Oliveros was a significant figure in electronic and experimental music, known for her involvement with the San Francisco Tape Music Center where she succeeded Morton Subotnick as director in 1966. Her compositions like "Sonic Meditations" explored themes of deep listening, influencing the landscape of modern music. The Walker Art Center event referenced exemplifies her impact on the music world during this period.Text present on photo:Clipping Text (Back): “When Walker Art Center announced that avant-garde composer Pauline Oliveros would present two evenings of "Sonic Meditations and Auditory Fantasy" this week, I assumed—incorrectly, as it turned out—that her programs might be similar to the concert presented at Walker last week by Morton Subotnick, the composer Ms. Oliveros succeeded as director of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1966.”Handwritten Text (Back): “MS.” (Red ink)“BOO!” (Black ink)“36” (Black ink, possibly an angle)“MW 13 1973” (Left side, sideways in black ink)“PAULINE OLIVEROS” (Bottom, handwritten in black ink)Stamped/Other Text (Back): “OLIVEROS” (Stamped in blue ink)“28 x 24” (Handwritten in pencil)“state” (Seems cut off, in pencil)“Edition” (Faded, unclear context)Dates (Back): “2 MAR 74” and “MAR 14”- - - The press photo archives contained a mix of silver gelatin and wire photographs from sources such as Associated Press Wirephoto. Generally B&W images with no typed text on them in this archive are silver gelatin images, and photos with typed text are wire photos. All images are vintage and original to their era.

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