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The
Synchronicity of Angels
Angel Day
Turning
Contact
Greg Thompson
- Education:
1972 Humber College – Business Machine Repair & Service
1974/5 York University – Independent Studies
1976/9 M.I.T. – Bachelor of Science, Artificial Intelligence
- Art Like Activities:
1972-1975 Extended performance: Acting Like an Artist
1976-1979 Provisional Strike Committee (Toronto), The Art Strike called
by Gustav Metzger
1980-1989 Extended performance: Acting Unlike an Artist
1990-1993 Strike Committee (Kawartha Region), The Art Strike called
by Stewart Home
- Cultural Criticism:
1985-1989 Various short pieces published under the names of Karen Eliot,
Bob Jones and Klaus Oldenberg in many small art magazines.
- Political Like Activities
1980 Glued doors of American Embassy on 37 occasions, Toronto.
1981-1982 Put sugar into gas tanks of 148 luxury cars while working
at a gas bar.
1983-1985 Defaced 28 monuments in and around Toronto
1986-1987 Insulted and abused 187 businessmen on Bay Street.
1988 Lived on UIC and yelled at the TV for 211 consecutive days.
- Other Experiences:
1992-1993 Questioned Western Culture.
1991-92, 1993 Raised suspicions about the usefulness of protest.
May 1993 Spoke clearly about complicity with late capitalism.
1985-92 Suffered doubts about physical condition.
1988 Irritated several people with persistent and annoying comments
about the left.
1986 Worked on a more congenial comportment.
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