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Frank Moore (performance artist)
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Frank Moore is an American performance artist, poet
, essayist, painter
, musician
and Internet
/television personality who has experimented in art, performance, ritual, and shamanistic teaching since the late 1960s.
Moore is perhaps most well known as one of the NEA
-funded artists targeted by Jesse Helms
and the GAO (General Accounting Office) in the early 90s for doing art that was labeled “obscene". He is well known for long (5–48 hours) ritualistic performances with audience participation, nudity, and eroticism. But he has also become well known for his influential writings on performance, art, life, and cultural subversion, for his historical influence on the San Francisco Bay Area music and performance scene, and more recently for his 24/7/365 pioneering webstation, LUVeR(Love Underground Visionary Revolution).
Moore coined the word "eroplay" to describe physical play between adults released from the linear goals of sex and orgasm. He has explored this, and similar concepts in performance and ritual as a way for people to connect on a deep human level with each other beyond the social and cultural expectations and limitations, and as a way to melt isolation between people.
Moore has been an underground counter-culture hero and artistic inspiration for decades. He was born with cerebral palsy
, can not walk or talk, but has written books, directed plays, directed, acted in and edited films, regularly gives poetry readings, plays piano, sings in ensemble music jams, and continues to lead bands in hard core punk
clubs up and down the west coast
. He also has a large collection of original oil paintings that have been shown across the United States
and in Canada
. Moore communicates using a laser-pointer and a board of letters, numbers, and commonly-used words.
Performance artist Annie Sprinkle
considers Moore one of her teachers, and Moore has performed with a host of performance and punk figures of the underground since the 1970s like Barbara Smith, Linda Sibio, The Feederz
, and Dirk Dirksen
- The Pope of Punk.
Frank Moore first came to be known in the 70s as the creator of the popular cabaret
show, the Outrageous Beauty Revue (The Intimate Theater.) . In the 80s he became one of the United States
' foremost performance artists. In 1992 he was voted Best Performance Artist by the San Francisco Bay Guardian
. In the early '90s he was targeted by Senator Jesse Helms
. From 1991-1999 Frank Moore published and edited the acclaimed underground zine, The Cherotic r(E)volutionary.
In addition to his books, Cherotic Magic and Art of a Shaman, and numerous other self-published pieces, Frank Moore has been widely published in various art and other periodicals.
Frank Moore’s video works are award winning and have shown throughout the U.S. and Canada, and since 2001 Moore has been producing shows for Berkeley's public access
channel, Berkeley Community Media, Channel 28. His shows play weekly, throughout the week.
Frank Moore's Web of All Possibilities at eroplay.com features his and other artists' audio, video, and visual artwork. He founded Love Underground Visionary Revolution(LUVeR) in 1999, a webstation combining live streaming and on-demand libraries of audio and video programming, described by Moore as a "non-corporate, d.i.y., totally uncensored, noncommercial, nonprofit internet-only communal collective with 24-hour 'live' programming (by amazing people) with 'no-limits' content." In 2011, Moore expanded LUVeR to two channels, adding “Frank’s Deep Roots Music” channel.
In 2006, Moore announced his candidacy for the 2008 election for President of the United States.
Frank Moore continues to perform regularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Moore also continues to host his regular internet show, “Frank Moore’s Shaman’s Den” on LUVeR. Moore describes it as a show that “will arouse, inspire, move, threaten you, not with sound bites, but with a two hour (usually longer) feast of live streaming video. You might get an in-studio concert of bands from around the world...or poetry reading...or an in-depth conversation about politics, art, music, and LIFE with extremely dangerous people! But then you may see beautiful women naked dancing erotically. You never know, because you are in The Shaman’s Den with Frank Moore.”
In mid-2011, Moore launched a performance and video retrospective on vimeo.com. It is ongoing.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, essayist, painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
/television personality who has experimented in art, performance, ritual, and shamanistic teaching since the late 1960s.
Moore is perhaps most well known as one of the NEA
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
-funded artists targeted by Jesse Helms
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001...
and the GAO (General Accounting Office) in the early 90s for doing art that was labeled “obscene". He is well known for long (5–48 hours) ritualistic performances with audience participation, nudity, and eroticism. But he has also become well known for his influential writings on performance, art, life, and cultural subversion, for his historical influence on the San Francisco Bay Area music and performance scene, and more recently for his 24/7/365 pioneering webstation, LUVeR(Love Underground Visionary Revolution).
Moore coined the word "eroplay" to describe physical play between adults released from the linear goals of sex and orgasm. He has explored this, and similar concepts in performance and ritual as a way for people to connect on a deep human level with each other beyond the social and cultural expectations and limitations, and as a way to melt isolation between people.
Moore has been an underground counter-culture hero and artistic inspiration for decades. He was born with cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
, can not walk or talk, but has written books, directed plays, directed, acted in and edited films, regularly gives poetry readings, plays piano, sings in ensemble music jams, and continues to lead bands in hard core punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
clubs up and down the west coast
West Coast of the United States
West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in...
. He also has a large collection of original oil paintings that have been shown across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Moore communicates using a laser-pointer and a board of letters, numbers, and commonly-used words.
Performance artist Annie Sprinkle
Annie Sprinkle
Annie M. Sprinkle is an American former prostitute, stripper, pornographic actress, cable television host, porn magazine editor, writer and sex film producer...
considers Moore one of her teachers, and Moore has performed with a host of performance and punk figures of the underground since the 1970s like Barbara Smith, Linda Sibio, The Feederz
The Feederz
Feederz were a punk rock band from Arizona. They were known for their song Jesus Entering from the Rear, which featured on Alternative Tentacles', their Let Them Eat Jellybeans compilation, and for their provocative album covers. Feederz had strong Situationist tendencies, verging into communism...
, and Dirk Dirksen
Dirk Dirksen
Dirk Dirksen was a music promoter and emcee of the San Francisco punk rock clubs Mabuhay Gardens and On Broadway in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Dirksen was nicknamed the "Pope of Punk"....
- The Pope of Punk.
Frank Moore first came to be known in the 70s as the creator of the popular cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
show, the Outrageous Beauty Revue (The Intimate Theater.) . In the 80s he became one of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
' foremost performance artists. In 1992 he was voted Best Performance Artist by the San Francisco Bay Guardian
San Francisco Bay Guardian
The San Francisco Bay Guardian is a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. The paper is owned mostly by its publisher, Bruce B...
. In the early '90s he was targeted by Senator Jesse Helms
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001...
. From 1991-1999 Frank Moore published and edited the acclaimed underground zine, The Cherotic r(E)volutionary.
In addition to his books, Cherotic Magic and Art of a Shaman, and numerous other self-published pieces, Frank Moore has been widely published in various art and other periodicals.
Frank Moore’s video works are award winning and have shown throughout the U.S. and Canada, and since 2001 Moore has been producing shows for Berkeley's public access
Public Access
Public Access is a 1993 American drama film directed by Bryan Singer in his feature film debut. Singer also wrote the screenplay with Christopher McQuarrie and Michael Feit Dougan. The film was shot in 18 days for US$250,000. It was screened at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival, where it was...
channel, Berkeley Community Media, Channel 28. His shows play weekly, throughout the week.
Frank Moore's Web of All Possibilities at eroplay.com features his and other artists' audio, video, and visual artwork. He founded Love Underground Visionary Revolution(LUVeR) in 1999, a webstation combining live streaming and on-demand libraries of audio and video programming, described by Moore as a "non-corporate, d.i.y., totally uncensored, noncommercial, nonprofit internet-only communal collective with 24-hour 'live' programming (by amazing people) with 'no-limits' content." In 2011, Moore expanded LUVeR to two channels, adding “Frank’s Deep Roots Music” channel.
In 2006, Moore announced his candidacy for the 2008 election for President of the United States.
Frank Moore continues to perform regularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Moore also continues to host his regular internet show, “Frank Moore’s Shaman’s Den” on LUVeR. Moore describes it as a show that “will arouse, inspire, move, threaten you, not with sound bites, but with a two hour (usually longer) feast of live streaming video. You might get an in-studio concert of bands from around the world...or poetry reading...or an in-depth conversation about politics, art, music, and LIFE with extremely dangerous people! But then you may see beautiful women naked dancing erotically. You never know, because you are in The Shaman’s Den with Frank Moore.”
In mid-2011, Moore launched a performance and video retrospective on vimeo.com. It is ongoing.
External links
- Frank Moore's Web Of All Possibilities
- LUVeR - Love Underground Visionary Revolution
- Frank Moore's Vimeo Channel
- Frank Moore's Upcoming Events
- The Shaman's Cave
- Frank Moore Events Poster Gallery
- The Cherotic (r)Evolutionary
- Frank Moore for President, official campaign site
- Frank Moore for prez08 platform videos
- Frank Moore's resume
- Art Of A Shaman
- Writings of Frank Moore