1001 Nights
Notes
1001 nights cast is a durational performance by Australian artist, Barbara Campbell. Each night at sunset, Barbara performs a short text-based work as a live webcast. The performance texts are written for her each day in response to a prompt she draws from the morning’s newspaper reports on the Middle East. The project will run for 1001 nights, ending on March 17 2008.
| Artist / Author | Barbara Campbell |
|---|---|
| Reference | D0890 |
| Date | 1970 |
| Type | DVD |
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