Gift Science Archive

Welcome to giftsciencearchive.net, an experimental archive of the work of Dutch-American artist Sands Murray-Wassink began during the artist’s 2019-21 commission with performance art organization If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution. The archive is assembled through storytelling and reproductive labour methods developed in collaboration with Amalia Calderón, Megan Hoetger and Radna Rumping. Expanding the boundaries of performance documentation, the database also documents the eponymous nearly three-year durational performance of archiving an art/life practice—itself an expanding of the boundaries of performance. Giftsciencearchive.net echoes this commitment, giving visitors multiple ways to relate in and to the artist’s archive. To learn more about Murray-Wassink’s practice and about the ‘Gift Science Archive’ archiving performance, see curator Megan Hoetger’s essay ‘Honouring Sands’s Horsepower’ in the About section above.

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Catalog of Studio Objects (2393).


Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00620-2009-DoP-TalkingWithPaintings-08
  • Title
  • Talking with Paintings
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Live action
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Technical Notes

Photographs in collaboration with Johanna Braun. Location: Johanna Braun’s apartment, Vienna, Austria, first district. Photographer: Unknown.


  • Reflection Notes

From 27. April (WeTransfer notes): “The other 11 images are from 2009 as well. They were taken in Vienna and are a performance with artist Johanna Braun where I am both art historian and nude, and Johanna and I perform together discussing her work. This was based on a 1969 work by Carolee Schneemann in London called ‘Naked Action Lecture’ where she was art historian of her own work in a slide show and got naked at a certain point to see if she could keep her authority.” – SMW.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00621-2009-DoP-TalkingWithPaintings-09
  • Title
  • Talking with Paintings
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Live action
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Photographs in collaboration with Johanna Braun. Location: Johanna Braun’s apartment, Vienna, Austria, first district. Photographer: Unknown.


  • Reflection Notes

From 27. April (WeTransfer notes): “The other 11 images are from 2009 as well. They were taken in Vienna and are a performance with artist Johanna Braun where I am both art historian and nude, and Johanna and I perform together discussing her work. This was based on a 1969 work by Carolee Schneemann in London called ‘Naked Action Lecture’ where she was art historian of her own work in a slide show and got naked at a certain point to see if she could keep her authority.” – SMW.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00622-2009-DoP-TalkingWithPaintings-10
  • Title
  • Talking with Paintings
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Live action
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Photographs in collaboration with Johanna Braun. Location: Johanna Braun’s apartment, Vienna, Austria, first district. Photographer: Unknown.


  • Reflection Notes

From 27. April (WeTransfer notes): “The other 11 images are from 2009 as well. They were taken in Vienna and are a performance with artist Johanna Braun where I am both art historian and nude, and Johanna and I perform together discussing her work. This was based on a 1969 work by Carolee Schneemann in London called ‘Naked Action Lecture’ where she was art historian of her own work in a slide show and got naked at a certain point to see if she could keep her authority.” – SMW.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00623-2009-DoP-TalkingWithPaintings-11
  • Title
  • Talking with Paintings
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Live action
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Photographs in collaboration with Johanna Braun. Location: Johanna Braun’s apartment, Vienna, Austria, first district. Photographer: Unknown.


  • Reflection Notes

From 27. April (WeTransfer notes): “The other 11 images are from 2009 as well. They were taken in Vienna and are a performance with artist Johanna Braun where I am both art historian and nude, and Johanna and I perform together discussing her work. This was based on a 1969 work by Carolee Schneemann in London called ‘Naked Action Lecture’ where she was art historian of her own work in a slide show and got naked at a certain point to see if she could keep her authority.” – SMW.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00613-2009-DoP-TalkingWithPaintings-01
  • Title
  • Talking with Paintings
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Live action
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Photographs in collaboration with Johanna Braun. Location: Johanna Braun’s apartment, Vienna, Austria, first district. Photographer: Unknown.


  • Reflection Notes

From 27. April (WeTransfer notes): “The other 11 images are from 2009 as well. They were taken in Vienna and are a performance with artist Johanna Braun where I am both art historian and nude, and Johanna and I perform together discussing her work. This was based on a 1969 work by Carolee Schneemann in London called ‘Naked Action Lecture’ where she was art historian of her own work in a slide show and got naked at a certain point to see if she could keep her authority.” – SMW.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00614-2009-DoP-TalkingWithPaintings-02
  • Title
  • Talking with Paintings
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Live action
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Photographs in collaboration with Johanna Braun. Location: Johanna Braun’s apartment, Vienna, Austria, first district. Photographer: Unknown.


  • Reflection Notes

From 27. April (WeTransfer notes): “The other 11 images are from 2009 as well. They were taken in Vienna and are a performance with artist Johanna Braun where I am both art historian and nude, and Johanna and I perform together discussing her work. This was based on a 1969 work by Carolee Schneemann in London called ‘Naked Action Lecture’ where she was art historian of her own work in a slide show and got naked at a certain point to see if she could keep her authority.” – SMW.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00615-2009-DoP-TalkingWithPaintings-03
  • Title
  • Talking with Paintings
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Live action
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Photographs in collaboration with Johanna Braun. Location: Johanna Braun’s apartment, Vienna, Austria, first district. Photographer: Unknown.


  • Reflection Notes

From 27. April (WeTransfer notes): “The other 11 images are from 2009 as well. They were taken in Vienna and are a performance with artist Johanna Braun where I am both art historian and nude, and Johanna and I perform together discussing her work. This was based on a 1969 work by Carolee Schneemann in London called ‘Naked Action Lecture’ where she was art historian of her own work in a slide show and got naked at a certain point to see if she could keep her authority.” – SMW.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00617-2009-DoP-TalkingWithPaintings-05
  • Title
  • Talking with Paintings
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Live action
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Photographs in collaboration with Johanna Braun. Location: Johanna Braun’s apartment, Vienna, Austria, first district. Photographer: Unknown.


  • Reflection Notes

From 27. April (WeTransfer notes): “The other 11 images are from 2009 as well. They were taken in Vienna and are a performance with artist Johanna Braun where I am both art historian and nude, and Johanna and I perform together discussing her work. This was based on a 1969 work by Carolee Schneemann in London called ‘Naked Action Lecture’ where she was art historian of her own work in a slide show and got naked at a certain point to see if she could keep her authority.” – SMW.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00618-2009-DoP-TalkingWithPaintings-06
  • Title
  • Talking with Paintings
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Live action
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Photographs in collaboration with Johanna Braun. Location: Johanna Braun’s apartment, Vienna, Austria, first district. Photographer: Unknown.


  • Reflection Notes

From 27. April (WeTransfer notes): “The other 11 images are from 2009 as well. They were taken in Vienna and are a performance with artist Johanna Braun where I am both art historian and nude, and Johanna and I perform together discussing her work. This was based on a 1969 work by Carolee Schneemann in London called ‘Naked Action Lecture’ where she was art historian of her own work in a slide show and got naked at a certain point to see if she could keep her authority.” – SMW.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00619-2009-DoP-TalkingWithPaintings-07
  • Title
  • Talking with Paintings
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Live action
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Photographs in collaboration with Johanna Braun. Location: Johanna Braun’s apartment, Vienna, Austria, first district. Photographer: Unknown.


  • Reflection Notes

From 27. April (WeTransfer notes): “The other 11 images are from 2009 as well. They were taken in Vienna and are a performance with artist Johanna Braun where I am both art historian and nude, and Johanna and I perform together discussing her work. This was based on a 1969 work by Carolee Schneemann in London called ‘Naked Action Lecture’ where she was art historian of her own work in a slide show and got naked at a certain point to see if she could keep her authority.” – SMW.

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Image of Studio object

Photographer: Robin Wassink-Murray

  • Catalog No.
  • 02392-2000/2021-PO-IstoryWillVindicateUs
  • Title
  • Istory Will Vindicate Us (Ana, Hannah, Carolee, Orlan)
  • Dimensions
  • 55 x 82
  • Materials
  • Color slide/Color print of digitized slide with liquid gloss
  • Object Location
  • Physical

  • Reflection Notes

“This was a centrepiece of the ‘In Good Company (Horsepower)’ exhibition at mistral. In fact, it was the origin point of the exhibition’s title. The photo is a digitized slide, and it was originally taken in 2000 by Robin when he and Sands met Carolee in Denmark for the opening of an exhibition on the body in art. They are standing in the gallery on Feminist art where Carolee’s work was featured. Behind them are works by Ana Mendieta, Hannah Wilke and Orlan. Sands always says he would have liked to have had a photo of Carolee and Hannah together (they were friends), but Carolee never managed to find one for him. This was the first time that Carolee and Robin had met, so the photo is a commemoration of many things.” – MH.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 02389-2015-DA4-AbsurditySurvival(Repetition)
  • Title
  • Absurdity, Survival (Repetition)
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Scan of gouache, acrylic paint and permanent marker drawing on lined paper
  • Object Location
  • Digital

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 02391-2020-MaDN-MetaEmailThread
  • Title
  • Meta-email Thread
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

The 'final act' of the Gift Science Archive meta-archive, which was intimated by Radna Rumping in October 2019.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 02388-2015-DA4-Robin
  • Title
  • Robin
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Scan of gouache drawing on lined paper
  • Object Location
  • Digital

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 02390-2008-VDoP-TownHall
  • Title
  • Town Hall Philosophical Living Color Drawing
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital image file
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Digital image taken from documentation of performance available on Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/76554268. The performance an homage to Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, as well as Carolee Schneemann, together with Robin Wassink-Murray. The title taken from video documentation of ‘Town Bloody Hall’ (1979) with Jill Johnston and others. Location: Schlachthaus Theatre (Bern, Switzerland). Colour; sound; 48:10 (unedited).


  • Reflection Notes

“Robin and I were in the hotel room when we told Carolee the title of the performance, and she said wryly ‘no one will ever get that.’” – SMW.

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