Air to Air, 1975

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Medium

two stereo LP records (one clear, one black) with stamped and screenprinted album cover and offset lithograph voiceprint

Dimensions

overall (closed): 31.75 × 31.2 cm (12 1/2 × 12 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

Accession Number

1990.27.54.1-4

Artists / Makers

Keith Sonnier (artist) American, 1941 - 2020

Jeff Wasserman (printer) American, active late 20th century

Robert Knisel (printer) American, active late 20th century

Blair Litho (printer)

Keysor-Century Records (edition production)

Gemini G.E.L. (publisher)

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Inscription

CLEAR LP RECORD. inscribed on record: GEM III KS '75

Marks and Labels

CLEAR LP RECORD. blindstamped on record: © Gemini G.E.L.; blindstamped on recto label: AIR / N.Y. / L.A. / AIR; blindstamped on verso label: AIR / N.Y. / L.A. / AIR

BLACK LP RECORD. printed in black on recto label: AIR / N.Y. / L.A. / AIR; printed in black on verso label: Air to Air / © Gemini G.E.L. 1975 / Edition: 1000 / Keith Sonnier

ALBUM COVER. stamped on recto cover: AIR / N.Y. / L.A. / AIR; printed in gray on interior cover: Transcribed information from Air to Air by Keith Sonnier / Produced in collaboration with Leo Castelli and Douglas Christmas, / February 8 to 22, 1975. Amplified space installation with / transmission systems for communication by / long distance audio connection between Los Angeles, California / and New York City, New York. / Transmitting and receiving telecommunication locations: Ace Gallery / 811 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, / Leo Castelli Gallery, 4 East 77th Street, New York City. / Recorded information from Air to Air produced by Gemini G.E.L. / in collaboration with Keith Sonnier. / Voice connection arrangements supplied from two watts telephone lines. The transmission and reception was recorded on stereo LP. / Side A: N.Y. L.A. Side B: L.A. N.Y. / 16 track mix by Basement Studio Inc. with Kurt Munkasci. / Voice Print arranged through the UCLA Phonetics Department by / George Papçun. Reproduction of Voice Print / by Blair Litho, Los Angeles, in offset lithography.; stamped on verso cover: AIR / N.Y. / L.A. / AIR

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1990 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Gemini G.E.L.

Bibliography

1966: Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 617.

2011: Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 49.10. http://www.nga.gov/gemini