Art Kendallman Performance History
In 1977 began conceptual art performance and mail-art actions from Kendall. Established underground imaginary logistics company, “Rocket Shippers” in order to send mailing tubes painted up like space rockets to fast-transport art all over the world. Developed a base of operations on Chapman Field and another at MDCC Kendall Campus.
Christo Surrounded Islands Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami. Florida. From April 21, 1983 through June 29, 1983 established flight path from Chapman Field in Kendall to Pelican Island in North Miami Beach with two regular daily flights of the Fiat car-top phantom object jet transport while working on the CSIP.
Hyena Highway.
September 24, 1983-May 17, 1984. South Dixie Highway from SW 27 avenue to SW 152 Street. Developed the Hyena Highway flight path along South Dixie Highway from 152 Street to Downtown Miami.
Meet the Composer.
Wednesday 8:00 PM, March 7, 1984. Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, 1212 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida. KMAN Aircraft maneuvers.
MDCC Art Kendallman Jet Show.
Third Annual Miami Waves Experimental Film and Video Forum. Miami Dade-Community College Mitchell Wolfson New World Center Campus. Downtown Miami, Florida. Monday, April 2, 1984 through Friday, April 6, 1984.Participated by invitation of the director of the show Marilyn Gottlieb-Roberts.
KMAN Air Maneuvers.
April 1984. Chapman Field 124 Street and Old Cutler Road, Miami, Florida. Mini model Aircraft maneuvers by Ana Pulido, Karen Chappelear, John Lamka, Denis Daley, Teo Freytes and Art Kendallman.
Mr. Jupiter Comes Down To Earth and Finds Reality.
May 10, 1984. Warehouse Gallery Theater, SW 13th Street and 2nd Ave. Miami, Florida. By personal invitation of the curator Mr. Mick Upright, however; when Mr. J. landed at show in his cumbersome space suit and helmet, delivering controversial informational fliers, he was roughly arm-locked-behind-his-back and unceremoniously thrown out by off-duty Miami Police Officer on the orders of the organizer. At this, the later to be named “Food Spot” group: Ana Pulido, Steve Nestor, John Lamka, Luis Padreda and Teo Freytes, all decided to walk up to their own paintings and remove them and themselves from the show. The fallowing day the gallery is permanently closed down.
USA Air Gathering Evidence.
September 21, 1984-September 21, 1985. Participation in the “Gathering Evidence” project by Marilyn Gottlieb-Roberts that traveled to several southeastern United States art spaces. Depicted home base in the Artists Conceptual Map of Miami and Environs as “Foodspot, home of the dreaded Foodspot Gang, aka Art Kendallman”. Flight path: September 21,1984. New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. January 9, 1985. Valencia Community College, East campus Gallery, Orlando, Florida. March 3, 1985. Broward Community College, South campus Multi Arts Institute, Pembroke Pines, Florida. May 3, 1985. Artist Alliance, Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, Florida. May 17, 1985. Nexus, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia. May 31, 1985. Center Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. June 28, 1985. 200 East Gallery, Knoxville Tennessee. July 12, 1985. Moon Gallery, Mt. Berry College, Rome, Georgia. September 6, 1985. Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Wolfson Campus Miami Dade Community College, Miami, Florida. September 21, 1985. New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Mini Hand Held Aircraft Fly-in.
Saturday 12:30 PM, October 13, 1984. Establishing of the Farmers Market Airfield, Grand Avenue, Coconut Grove, Florida. First flight to Homestead Airforce Base from 1:45-4:00 PM.
Nada de Nada.
October 26, 1984. SS Kendall helicopter carrier escort mission of the Nada art group exhibition and Art show at: Coral Way Cafe, Miami, Florida.
Big Peace USA.
Saturday 10:00-3:00 PM, October 27, 1984. Farmers Market Airfield, Grand Avenue, Coconut Grove, Florida.
Art Kendallman and The Stiff.
Saturday 1:00 PM, November 3, 1984. 13th Annual South Miami Art Festival, South Miami, Florida. Deployment of the miniature aircraft carrier Big Peace USA.
Arrastrao Art Missile Tank Maneuvers.
7:40-8:15 PM, November 30, 1984. Conceptual Art Action and penetration of the Florida International University B.F.A. Student Show, Miami, Florida.
Big Bone Blow.
Get Fresh art night at Fire and Ice nightclub, Miami, Florida. December 4, 1984. Performance art action of assembly of X-M missile at center stage and symbolic detonation.
Kendallman Air force strike.
1984. Art Action and protest at the State of the Art Party of the Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida. Fly-by of banner exposing the hypocrisy of attempting to "use" under ground avant-garde motif to promote self-interested mainstream art trade. At the instigation of Ira Lich, the director of the Lowe Art Gallery, Art Kendallman and Ana Pulido are summarily banned by the campus police for three years from University of Miami grounds.
Mango Strut Parade, Coconut Grove, Florida.
1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1996, 2001, 2007
King Orange Jamboree Parade, Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida.
1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
Art Kendallman Aircraft Bombing Art Maneuvers.
1984, 1985, 1986, 1987. Performance Air-Art action of hand-held model aircraft at Coconut Grove Art Fest, Coconut Grove, Florida.
Kendallman Airway Conceptual Art.
1984-1985. Development of model aircraft flight paths from Kendall to the Cultural Arts Center in downtown Miami.
Member of the MSA (Movimiento Sintesista Actualizado) Art Gallery.
1985-1990. Espacio Experimental Sintesista, 266 Calle San Fransisco, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Mr. Missile.
January 7, 1985. Conceptual Art Action and penetration of Florida International University student art show.
Missile and Rocket.
January 26, 1985. Performance Art Action at entrance to the Bread and Puppet Theater show held at the Jewish Cultural Center, South Beach, Florida.
Third World Aircraft.
February 9, 1985. Conceptual model aircraft reconnaissance of Third World concert at Bicentennial Park, Miami, Florida.
Composer in Performance.
February 28, 1985. Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, 1212 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida.
Missile, Rocket, and Arrastrao.
March 3, 1985. Conceptual Art Incursion into the Paseo Latin parade, Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida.
Art Whoreing.
March 6, 1985. 2nd State of the Art Show. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. Undercover art penetration and performance of miniature aircraft paper bombing raid on off limits territory. A three year ban on U.M. property had been imposed on Art Kendallman and Ana Pulido the year before by the campus Police.
Metro Nada.
March 15, 1985. Mr. Missile and Mrs. Rocket fly at a Nada Art group event on Metrorail train stations, Miami, Florida.
Konker 1.
7:30-5:15 PM, March 18, 1985. 304 miles round trip. Flight to Key West Florida.
Burnt Toast.
7:00-11:00 PM. June 14 and July 19, 1985. Moosart Gallery, 4001 NE Second Avenue, Miami, Florida. Performance Art by Missile and Rocket at Burnt Toast art show.
Konker 2.
September 6-8, 1985. Friday Flight to Key West Florida.
Art Deco Weekend.
November 12, 1985. C-130, 1:144 Scale aircraft fly-by held on extension pole.
Art Kendallman Falconry Display.
November 22,1985. Vulture Culture parade, downtown Miami, Florida. Falconry demonstration and airport runway clearing techniques of bird populations that interfere with aircraft paths.
Paloma Mensajera.
January 23, 1986. Establishment (via US Postal Service) of messenger pigeon communication link from Miami to MSA gallery in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
El Guaraguao.
Wednesday 11:20 AM, January 29, 1986. First flight of the Guaraguao publication to the MSA Gallery in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Art Kendallman Flight to Ft. Lauderdale Art Museum.
March 1986. Ft. Lauderdale Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Ft. Lauderdale-San German Flight.
March 1986. Universidad Interamericana, recinto de San German, Puerto Rico. Series of Cargo flights to San German, Puerto Rico to deliver Art pieces to the Art Pollution Exhibition.
Ace.
March 22, 1986. Conceptual art model aircraft action that resulted in the imaginary shot down and fatal crash of pilot Ace at the Folk Art Festival held at the Cultural Art Center, Downtown Miami.
Art Kendallman Art-Act.
April 3, 1986. Aircraft maneuvers at Horizons nightclub art night. 2054 NW 23rd Avenue, Miami, Florida.
Art Kendallman Expedition to Shark Valley.
April 12, 1986. Reconnaissance flight into the Everglades, Florida.
April 19, 1986
Art Kendallman. Miami Magic Festival, Miami, Florida.
MSA Airlines.
June 27, 1986. Launch of the MSA Airlines to New York-Miami-Puerto Rico.
KAKA.
Friday 10:00 PM, June 27, 1986. KAKA art performance at Steve Nestors art show "Voodoomigration" at Artifacts l623 Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.
Kendall Wildlife.
July 4, 1986. Filming of the Kendall Wildlife video by Ana Bartlett about the conceptual art aircraft flights, observation tower and airport established at Indian Hammock Park, Kendall, Florida.
Mojo.
October 31, 1986. First Monkey Joe ape action. Miami Beach, Florida.
Metro-Jet.
November 21, 22, 23, 1986. Three day conceptual art extravaganza and display of the Art Kendallman air, land and sea art forces all along Metrorail from Dadeland station in Kendall, to Miami-Dade Community College, downtown campus.
Wave-Jet.
November 21, 22, 23, 1986. Three day conceptual art extravaganza and display of the Art Kendallman air, land and sea art forces at the annual Miami Waves Art Festival, Miami-Dade Community College, downtown Miami, Florida. Video by Mike Jarvis.
MSA Art Invasion.
1986. Art invasion of the Puerto Rico art space at the MSA Gallery, 266 Calle San Fransisco, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Micro Art Show.
August 1, 1986. Artifacts Salon, Miami Beach, Florida.
Arrest of Mojo.
November 7, 1986. Miami Book Fair, Miami, Florida. Monkey Joe is arrested for “acting like a monkey at Metro Rail and possibly endangering the public”.
Air Ass-ault on Pope John Paul and President Reagan Parade.
September 10, 1987. Art Kendallman launches symbolic aircraft strike on the Pope and President of USA motorcade. KMAN is choked and arrested by Miami Police for “wearing mask in public”.
Trans-Atlantic Micro 87.
June 4-July 10, 1987. Now Gallery, New York. Artifacts, Miami Florida. August 7-September 16. The Micro Show is a traveling exhibition of small artworks by literally hundreds of contemporary artists from New York to Miami.
Bykk-Jet.
Friday 4:45 PM, July 10, 1987. Alice Wainwright Park. Kman conceptual art-action performance as witnessed by Miami Herald writer Irene Lacher, Lively Arts section. "First of a series on the people and places that make South Florida art scene unique", July 19, 1987.
Miami-New York Exchange Show.
January 30-February 20, 1988. 7-9 p.m., January 30. Tobe Art International, 116 West Houston, NY. 9-11 p.m., January 30. Mars Bar, Second Avenue at first Street, NY. 7-10 p.m., January 30. Artifacts Art Salon 1625 Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.
KMAN Aero Art Tokyo.
October 31-November 2, 1988. Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan. Establishment of conceptual air link between Tokyo-Miami-Puerto Rico.
KMAN MDCC MSA Stiff.
November-December 1988. Kman air-art conceptual action at Miami-Dade Communtity College, Kendall, Florida.
KMAN 90.
1990. Airshow 90. Opalocka Airport, Opalocka, Florida. Performance by invitation at the annual Miami Air show.
KMAN Asylum.
July-December 1990; January 22, 1991. Miami Arts Asylum, Cameo Theater, 1455 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.
KMAN at Asylum Hits The Streets.
March 30, 1991. Street performance and participation in Susan Braun’s Play. Also contributed paintings for backdrop of play.
New Times. Best of Miami.
March 27-April 2, 1991. Diversions section. “Best Place To See A Performance Clown With A Helicopter On His Head.” Miami Arts Asylum, 1445 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach.
El Kaiman.
February 19-23, 1994. Miami International Boat Show, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida. Miniature Naval Forces invade the boat show at Biscayne Bay Marriott Marina and at the Miami Beach Marina.
KMAN Ship Lanes.
Thursday, December 29, 1995 through Monday, March 18, 1996. 13 week development of sea lanes from The Kapong, 3995 El Prado, Coconut Grove to Key Biscyne and then to Puerto Rico.
KMAN F-5 Flight to Hallandale Beach.
Wednesday 11:16-12:29, July 3, 2002. 42.8 miles.
Return of KMAN.
Friday, September 5, 2003. One Ear Society Gallery, Streets of Mayfair, 2911 Grand Avenue, Coconut Grove.
Art Kendallman Live!
Saturdays, September 13-20-27, 2003. One Ear Society Gallery, Streets of Mayfair, 2911 Grand Avenue, Coconut Grove.
Art Kendallman + Brian Kent “The Dismal Project”.
Saturdays, October 11-18-25 2003. One Ear Society Gallery, Streets of Mayfair, 2911 Grand Avenue, Coconut Grove.
KMAN Orange Bowl Parade. Take-over of the defunct OBP. December 31, 2003. Downtown Miami, Florida. Grand Marshal Art Kendallman.
Black Ship Float-Boat
Construction from July 21,2004 through July 24,2004. 100 inch wooden missile cruiser for car roof top with bike wheel adaptors. First sea trials. Saturday 19:13-01:29, July, 24 2004.
Hell-I-copter ARK AKT.
10:46-15:05, September 16, 2004. Green Giant 1:48 scale canvas chopper flight to Downtown Miami. 42.9 miles.
Twin Jet ARK AKT.
Tuesday 07:27-12:13, September 21, 2004. Flight to Downtown Miami. 1:48 scale aircraft. 50.4 miles.
8mm Camera Jet ARK AKT.
Wednesday 14:04-22:30, October 6, 2004. Flight to Downtown Miami. 47.3 miles.
Video of Robert a.k.a. Angel. Thursday, October 7, 2004. By chance met Robert at street corner of First Street NE and 3rd Avenue sitting at Starbucks putting the last touches on an elaborately beautiful hat he was to use in street performance wearing a pink dress. Made a short video of him till City of Miami ‘HAK’ Officers rudely disrupted the filming.
KMAN Banner action.
Friday 08:27-10:20, October 29, 2004. South Dixie in front of The Academy.
KMAN Car Fume Sucking Banner Action.
Wednesday 09:16- 10:31, November 3, 2004. South Dixie in front of Accord Productions.
Orion flight and Banner action.
Saturday, November 6, 2004. Launch from Kendall House Base at 16:48. Paradise Point Banner photo shoot 17:08 (8.6 miles). Wynwood 19:36-21:24. US-1 and 36th Street, Banner photo shoot, 21:32-23:22. SoHo Launge Banner photo shoot, 23:25-24:59. Land at KHB 02:13 (56.7 miles). Gyr and Max photographers.
KMAN Banner action.
Monday 09:14-10:38, November 8, 2004. Miami Science Museum and Brickell and Pioneer rd. front of entrance to Key Biscayne.
KMAN Banner action. Wednesday 07:54-10:32, November 10, 2004. Downtown Miami, Archeological site on North side of river.
Black Ship On Wheels.
Saturday 16:38-19:30, November 13, 2004. Miami Book Fair International. Black ship navigation through the crowds at street fair.
KMAN Green Byke Action.
Wednesday 07:18-09:04, November 24, 2004. South Beach, Miami Beach.
KMAN BaselBash 04.
Art Basel Miami Beach. December 2-3-4-5, 2004.
King KMAN Parade.
Take-over of the defunct OBP. December 31, 2004. Downtown Miami, Florida. Grand Marshal Art Kendallman.
15th Art Miami 05.
Saturday January 8, 2005. Miami Beach Convention Center, Hall A. Black Ship on wheels. Spoke with the show director Iliana Vardy about letting KMAN and the ship inside as a performance. She refused because, “I know what conceptual art is, this is not appropriate to this show. Try the Basel.”
Mardi Gras Miami.
Saturday February 12. 2005. F-16 Falcon first flight 1:32 Scale. Character Vigigante KMAN from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Subtropics Experimental Music Festival.
February 26, 2005. Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24 Street. B-52 Model hat.
The Sacrifice.
Saturday, June 11, 2005. Art Kendallman at Helix Street space. Performance and Poster. Helix Gallery 153 NW 36th St. K111 Supersonik jet sacrificed in the name of art.
Art Basel Miami Beach 05.
December 1-4, 2005. Miami Beach Convention Center with Black Ship on wheels in front of main entrance. Black Hawk helicopter helmet to Downtown action next to Pawn Shop club.
Fantasy Fest Parade
Saturday, December 10, 2005. Key West bus trip organized by Glen Terry of The Mango Strut Parade. Loaded the Black Ship in the cargo compartment to parade. Half-way into the parade official had KMAN expelled for not having the required tag.
Art Basel Miami Beach 06.
Saturday December 9, 2006. Art Positions Collins Park Beach, between 21st and 22nd Street and Collins Avenue. Attempted to perform with pilot mask and F-16 jet 1:144 scale but was told to take off mask by Miami Beach Police officer because “we will probably get 9-11 calls from people”.
16th Art Miami
January 7, 2006. Black Ship mounted on Ford Taurus to Miami Beach Convention Center drive by but did not launch boat because the place was empty and depressing.
17th Art Miami.
January 5-8, 2007. Miami Beach Convention Center, Hall A. Friday, Drove miniature painted Battle Tank with Gav. Saturday, Painted Bykk with Painted F-16. Sunday, Black Ship. This year the same ship that was ‘inapropriate’ last year, was allowed in with no problem.
KMAN HawkHouse Gallery.
Saturday, January 13, 2007 during Wynwood 2nd Saturday gallery walk night. 16.5 in. x 11 in. x 30.5 in. plastic box on wheels with drawers and runway tabletop mobile gallery. Impromptu 8:28 PM set up on sidewalk on 23 ST. and Miami Ct. and outside of Cornerstone Experiencial Art gallery 2013 N Miami Avenue. Music and assistance by Brian Kent.
KMAN HawkHouse Gallery at Edge Zones.
Friday 4:28 PM-1:25 AM, March 16, 2007. 2214 North Miami Avenue, Miami Florida 33127.
CIRCA 07 International Art Fair.
March 30-April 2, 2007. Puerto Rico Convention Center 100 Convention Bld. San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907. KMAN performance first flight of UltraK spacecraft at Edge Zones booth and 6 paintings on wall that where transported inside 1:144 scale The UltraK from Miami to Puerto Rico.
ReMapping The Caribbean Project, Edge Zones Gallery.
April 14-16 2007. In conjunction with El Museo de las Casas Reales in Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. KMAN UltraK 1:144 scale spacecraft flight to the Colonial Zone in Santo Domingo and landings at The Museum of Royal Houses to perform dance and art transportation.
Contents:3. KMAN/Margaret Gonzalez/Andrew Horton.
May 12-July 14, 2007. Leonard Tachmes Gallery 3930 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami. FL. 33127. 305-572-9015. www.leonardtachmesgallery.com
Scope Miami 07
December 7-8-9, 2007. Roberto Clemente Park in the Wynwood Art District. Threee Drawings at the Leonard Tachmes Gallery booth and Performance of Pre-Invasion of Puerto Rico as Performance Art. Map and display of plan for the IPR.
Arte no es Vida: Actions by Artist of The Americas 1960-2000.
January 30-May 18, 2008. “Aura Jet Scale Model Flight and Paper Bombing Over Dance Floor, Fire and Ice Club, Miami 1984” Picture document. El Museo del Barrio, New York City. Curated by Deborah Cullen. Landmark exhibition highlights Performative Actions by over 75 Latino/ Latin American Artist.
IPR-The Invasion of Puerto Rico as Performance Art
April 11, 2008. Virtual Conceptual-Performance Mock invasion of CIRCA08 grounds at the Puerto Rico Convention Center and Old San Juan by army of wooden KMAN Kachina figures, ships, aircraft and 1,110 tourists dressed up as KMAN. The entire project was actualized in written Conceptual Reality form. The actual piece and the work was in written form and the reader was to complete the action by actively imagining the scene in their own minds.
The Kendallman Art Gallery Ambulante(KAGA)
March 8, 2008. First opening of mobil miniature art gallery at corner of NW 23 Street and 2nd Avenue. 16.5 in. x 11 in. x 30.5 in. plastic box on wheels with drawers. “Smallest art gallery in the world”. MSA show.
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