Charlotte Moorman

Madeline Charlotte Moorman (18 November 1933 – 8 November 1991) was an American cellist, performance artist, and advocate for avant-garde music. She was the founder of the Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York and a frequent collaborator with artist Nam June Paik.

Works

• http://ubu.com/film/moorman.html
• http://www.ubu.com/sound/moorman.html

Literature

• Joan Rothfuss, Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman, forew. Yoko Ono, MIT Press, 2014, xiii+447+[12] pp, IA. Publisher. Reviews: Bell (TDR), McCardel (Leonardo), Woods (Art J), Curtin (Stud Theatre Perf).

• A Feast of Astonishments: Charlotte Moorman and the Avant-Garde, 1960s-1980s, eds. Lisa Graziose Corrin and Corinne Granof, Northwestern University Press, 2016, 224 pp. Essay by Kristine Stiles. [1]

• Sophie Landres, "Indecent and Uncanny: The Case against Charlotte Moorman", Art Journal 76:1, 2017, 48-69.

• Sophie Landres, "The First Non-Human Action Artist: Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik in Robot Opera", PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 40:1, Jan 2018, pp 11–25.