Re: NowCasting.com - Pending Casting Notice

Frank,

Thanks for thinking of NowCasting.
However, I think this is not a good match. I have seen your work live and I have seen the website. It is what it is and power to ya! But it is not something that the actors using NowCasting are going to respond to....and I guarantee that no matter how clear and explicit you are in the Casting Notice, this will just end up a headache for me. NowCasting is one of the nations primary casting websites. I don't think any of the main three will post for eroplay unless they fail to to investigate it at all. I really think that you should stick with Craigslist and maybe message boards that aren't geared towards professional actors.

Best of Luck,
Bruno Oliver
NowCasting.com

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hi, Bruno! Which performance of mine did you see?

Yep, I have been doing performance for over forty years. I know that a large percentage of mainstream actors aren't interested in doing edgy performance like I do. But on the other hand, I have gotten quite a few mainstream actors for my work by putting casting calls in theatrical papers. I try to put all the information in my ad so that the actors aren't blind sided, and so that they can decide for themselves if it is something they want to explore... Saving everybody time. Yes, there are those actors who don't read things carefully or don't believe nudity means nudity, etc. But that is their responsibility. You know i am legit.

The problem with Craig's list is if the word NUDITY is in the ad, they only allow it in the "adult entertainment " section. The people I am looking for don't look in that section. The people who look in that section want rightly to be paid for what they do. This defeats what I am trying to do.

I hope you will reconsider.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Fw: Audition submission

(Submitted to Bay Area Casting News:)

PROJECT: AN OPEN AUDITION
PRODUCER: Frank Moore
DESCRIPTION:
An Open Audition for potential underground actresses and female dancers in the S.F. Bay Area for the videos, internet series, and live performances by Frank Moore. Moore's work has been compared to Warhol, Zappa, and the Living Theater. Must be adventurous, comfortable with improv. The work involves nudity and eroticism. 18+, all races & types. Non-union Non-paying.

FORMAT: digital video and live performance
ROLES: actress/dancer, a lead role involving nudity

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Hi Frank, Corey and Alexi,

After careful review, we are taking the liberty of not distribution this listing to our client/subscribers. We are unable to support un-paid nudity and eroticism. If you find you have a budget for talent, by all means, re-send your audition call. We can only recommend gig/erotic posting at Craigslist. Good luck with your project. We wish you the best.


BACN (Bay Area Casting News)

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mmmm! Only nudity for money! Mmmm!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Fw: YouTube Video Notification

Subject: YouTube Video Notification
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:27:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: YouTube Service
To: lavapen@gmail.com

YouTube | Broadcast Yourself™

The following video(s) from your account have been disabled for violation
of the YouTube Community Guidelines
http://youtube.com/t/community_guidelines:

* The Molten Core - Frank Moore's Cherotic All-Star Band - (cherotic)

Your account has received one Community Guidelines
http://youtube.com/t/community_guidelines warning strike, which will
expire in six months. Additional violations may result in the temporary
disabling of your ability to post content to YouTube and/or the
termination of your account.

For your reference, a copy of this message has also been emailed to the
address associated with this account.

Sincerely,

The YouTube Team
Copyright © 2008 YouTube, Inc.

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TOO HOT FOR YOUTUBE! and I thought it was rather mild! What do I know!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

We love your cd!

hey frank!
thanks for your kind words and support! Rogue Thief is an abstract project and not everybody understands what I'm trying to do, you know? the new cd will be out in rough form before the middle of summer, if all goes well, and luver will be amongst the first to get a copy! thank you again!!

sincerely,

Rocco Agrippa
Rogue Thief

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I always take not everybody understanding my work as a good sign!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Monday night, 4.6.09, on The Talking Stick

This coming Monday night, 4.6.09, at 9:00pm Pacific on LUVeR - Love Underground Visionary Revolution, http://www.luver.com, The Talking Stick presents:

Reverend Beat-Man "Surreal Folk Blues Gospel Trash Vol 3"

BE PREPARED TO BE BLOWN AWAY...AND FRIGHTENED...AND AROUSED! THIS IS THE REAL DEAL FROM THE BOWELS OF A TWISTED SOUL!

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DON'T MISS THIS! IT IS TWISTED PERVERTED BLUES AND SURREAL VISUAL NIGHTMARES FROM THE COLLECTIVE BRAINPAN!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: Fw: My lecture

[From Shannon:]

Frank,

So much happened in just one day! You are a busy guy! :) SWL
Let's talk more soon.

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that is what we do around here! We operate on a twenty Seven hour day!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: My lecture (Ruth Spivak) III

[Ruth Spivak wrote:]

It sounds like a great innovation as traveling must be very tiring for you.

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you got that right, Ruth! And expensive! In our younger days we did not think anything of traveling, crashing at somebody's apartment. Aging changed all of that!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: never know what we will find! (Annie Sprinkle)

Frank,
Yes, you never know what you will find.
Maybe it was Velvet magazine and not Adam magazine that we did the interview with you in.

Heard from Shannon, and yes, we are certainly going to hook up.

Thanks.
Annie

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yep, Annie! We have quite a huge collection of other people's art... From publishing our zine THE CHEROTIC [R] EVOLUTIONARY, running LUVER, etc. At some point we will have to find a home for the
collection.

I am glad to have connected you two together.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Fw: My lecture (Russell Shuttleworth)

I'm impressed...very cool words and feelings...

Russell

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indeed!

Hey, Russell. The skype video online phone is amazing! Also I'm trying out Aurora word predict software. It has cut my keystrokes by seventy percent at least! I am trying to get funding [$350] for the software. Anyway between skype and Aurora, our work together over the computer might be much easier than in the studio!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

never know what we will find!

Annie, when we were searching our archives for that Adam interview we found a a folder full of amazing shit. And one of the things was a type written transcript [with hand written corrections] of your interview with Karen Finley that day in your apartment. We will hand Jen put it into a word file and give you a copy. We will xerox a copy for you. I have no idea how we got it!

today Shannon, the teacher of the class, said that you are going to be at their campus in North Carolina. She said she would love to show you around the campus, etc. She's thinking about teaching about you and me next semester!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Fw: My lecture (Rafael-alexandre Ramos)

yep... How often do we have an opportunity to open and /or corrupt the minds of a classroom of southern Baptists?

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

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[Rafael-alexandre Ramos wrote:]

crack them open Frank :P

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cracked!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: My lecture (Ruth Spivak) II

[Ruth Spivak wrote:]

I envy you for that one!

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yes, Ruth, today's class was extremely amazing on many levels. Shannon is a great teacher and host. She had prepared the students so their questions were deep and complex, coming to my work from wherever their individual passions were... Politics, Justice, intimacy, music, playing, etc... But getting my work. And the skype video online phone created a two-way intimacy. It is like being in a cave together, seeing and hearing one another. Just that opens both a new dimension /medium for performance and a new type of performance... Without space that you need to travel through to get to the performance... True, there is no physical touch between physical bodies. But there may be ways to get around this. One student said she was interested in doing a private performance with me in this way, and there was talk of doing a three hour performance with me here and them there in North Carolina in their theater. This opens a lot up!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: My lecture (Ruth Spivak)

[Ruth Spivak wrote:]

Very impressive.

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yep... How often do we have an opportunity to open and /or corrupt the minds of a classroom of southern Baptists?

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: an interview from the past! (Annie Sprinkle)

Ahh, memories. Or should I say mammaries?
Yes, Frank and Linda took NYC by storm.

One correction, Karen was already very well known before I got into doing performance art.
YOU (Frank and Linda) and company would stay in my manhattan apartment when in town. That was fun.
Maybe you can one day post the photos and interview I did of you for some sex magazine. I think it was ADAM mag.
Mondo New York was a fun film.
KEEP IT UP.

Annie
PS-- Beth and I will move back to San Francisco in July, which will be nice. Would love to get to one of your performances soon. I could use a hit.

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ah yes, Annie! Memories [of your mammaries!]! Karen was known in the art world then. We had known her a couple years. It turned out that she had come to the Outrageous beauty revue when she was a stripper in the late seventies.

Linda searched our archives for that Adam interview but could not find it, which is strange because we kept everything since the mid seventies. Then I remembered that was the period when Debbie was stealing my stuff. So do you have a copy? I know that is a long shot because of your houseboat fire... But...

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

i'm flattered!

Corey called the Berkeley Daily Planet about the fact that they had not listed the Temescal performance in this week's issue. Under March 21st, there was no heading for Theater, as if there were no Theater events that day. Last month, they had listed us for two straight weeks, because the calendar spanned that much time. We had been listed as Theater. Corey told all this to the woman who picked up when he pushed the line for the Arts & Entertainment calendar. Her first response was maybe they just didn't get the listing ... Corey said, "Oh ..." and started looking for the email he had sent them, but then she asked, "What was it?" Corey told her that it was called "Reality Playings", a performance by Frank Moore ... She said, "Oh ... well, you know, we get a lot of complaints about Frank Moore ..." They had chosen not to list the performance. Corey asked if they got complaints about simply listing Frank's performances? "Yes. Its not exactly 'family fare' ... Frank does have his detractors ..." Corey asked if they only listed calendar events that were "family fare"? She said, "Well no ..." She said that they edit the calendar, its not an open thing, they have the right to decide what they want and don't want to include ... they don't always list everything they get, don't always list things every time ... She said that "adults only" listings were less likely to be listed, and that they often recommended that people just buy an ad.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: an interview from the past!

Frank,

Thank you for this, and the time you put into this, and the discussion coming this Monday! I was just talking about you to a filmmaker at the Co-op here locally, and saying how much I enjoy talking to you, and incorporating what you do into the curriculum of my class. I think that shamanistic work if missing in my students' lives, as well as art that provokes shifts within and with perspective about performance, different kinds of bodies, and radical modes of thought/being/Living! They will have read the Schechner on shamanistic ritual, as well as your Eroplay. I will also show them a couple of clips Friday and distill parts of this interview for my lecture.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! again.

Shannon

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which is one of the main functions of art.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: My lecture

Frank,

Glad you liked it. It was fun to write, and talk about you in class. The students are curious about your work/you and excited (and maybe a little scared!:) Luckily I can connect with just about anyone, so I think my lecture was a good set up...also appealing to the prediction that many of them are Christian and conservative--I talked about how "spirited" you are and joyful--which is True! I really like the idea of different ideologies crossing paths. I believe it is the only way to make change in this world--allowing for those with differing thoughts/beliefs to try and understand one another.

If anything, I predict that meeting you will be one of the most unique experiences the students will have this year, possibly their whole time at UNC-CH. So cool. I look forward to it.

Shannon

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I am excited too!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

just call me THE GODFATHER OF PERFORMANCE ART!

in case you missed it, I was officially dubbed/knighted as The Father /Godfather of Performance Art! Of course it is absolutely meaningless and historically inaccurate... But who am I to correct the myth? I have long claimed I am the hardest working shaman in show business!

Oh, Monday I am lecturing to a performance class at the University of North Carolina via online video phone. The class is full of southern Baptists... They tell me. This will be fun!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

My lecture: without typos

Hi, Frank,

Hope you don't mind my angle. I think it gave a lot of room for everything else I wanted to write.

Peace! Shannon

Based on my lecture 03/27: My thoughts and an introduction to Frank Moore

Frank Moore: The Father or Grandfather of Performance Art

Why does performance art oftentimes highlight the bizarre, or even the grotesque (not Moore's work necessarily but such as Nick Zedd's piece, War is Menstrual Envy-- http://www.ubu.com/film/zedd_war.html )? This is because much of performance art is produced by those who are marginalized (such as with Zedd's piece which is possibly a commentary on queer bodies largely affected by the AIDS epidemic from the 80's--90's) Some other examples of marginalized performance art is Frank Moore's work and much of the feminist performance art that we saw. The daily experience of women, queer, or disabled people is of the "other" meaning they are stigmatized, ignored, or misrepresented by society. The way to counter this is through a representation of this daily "othering" that, for our purposes comes in the form of performance art. Oftentimes perceived as "shocking," performance art is merely a radical representation of bodies, possibly with the intention of how those with "othered bodies" might feel misrepresented on a daily basis.

For Frank Moore, he mimics the everyday--just as we saw with Third Rail who performed at lunch hour at the World Trade Center for 30 days straight. These performers infiltrated the business world, then used the everyday gestures, speech, and mostly movement to act as a bridge into beautiful, largely ignored, whimsical, or subtle "undercurrents" of movements to create dance. For othered bodies, people such as Moore experience a very different everyday. This tradition of working with the everyday or the world around you continues with Moore's work, but with his emphasis on his perspective as a different body with unique vision/capabilities.

In this way, Moore communicates beyond what we might consider a "norm" of speech. He speaks, rather than verbally with words, through his headband laser, sounds, and expression. Most importantly, he communicates through his art and music. His art serves as commentary against the disabled who are stigmatized (or othered bodies, or ALL of us who have ever felt isolated and ignored in today's society). The most sacred art, Moore considers to be the art of intimacy, of touch, and sensuality in which he performs in group performances. As a shaman, Frank feels that he is transforming his body into the one he sees everyday, as beautiful, sacred, and perfect. I see this as extra powerful also because it allows for othered bodies to be represented in a pleasurable state. In mainstream culture (such as fashion magazines, mainstream movies--Hollywood, and TV) usually the image of two bodies coupled intimately is reserved for the "cosmetically perfect," those who are young, thin, manicured, and/or synthetically airbrushed into perfection. These figures are unreal representations of the bodies that we can never attain. Without noticing it, we are overwhelmed with an influx of these images every day. We might feel, as do those with othered bodies and those of different sexual orientations, as if we cannot enjoy intimacy in the same way. In this way, Frank's art of intimacy is a device for all of us up against a repressive society that replaces healthy intimacy, community, touch, and loving touch between people oftentimes with synthesized gratuitous sex.

Lastly, I see Frank as a very spiritual person. I feel that he is a remarkable person for the committed strenuousness of his life (getting around is much more difficult for Frank) and the way in which he still carries himself with Pure Joy, grace, and compassion.

And, finally--lastly (really lastly this time), I want to say that despite your initial response on the content of Frank's work, I hope you will recognize the value and merit of his work based on what he does for people of othered bodies, those disabled, and for all of us who have ever felt in need of more community, intimacy, and spirituality in our lives. Frank is one of the most open, joyous, approachable, and kind people I have ever met. My mom and I visited him in his Berkeley home, and we were welcomed by him, his partner Linda, and Mikee, an artist and friend. My mom, from an occupational therapist's perspective was very open and receptive to Frank's work. She also considers his work to be a breakthrough for those with disabilities, as well as for humanity as a whole.

I told the class and Frank that I had remarked that he is the "Father or Grandfather of Performance Art." Acclaimed by Richard Schechner (the author of our text book, Performance Studies--an Introduction and the founder of performance studies from NYU), Frank Moore is one of his favorite performance artists. Frank also has also lectured at NYU, written numerous articles, and books, continues to perform, and has a 24 hour radio station called http://www.luver.com and a TV show.
We are very lucky and blessed to have this visit from him. I hope you will take advantage of it with your most pressing questions about his work, performance art, and the connections to your work!

Much excitement and love from your instructor,

Shannon

FRANK'S BIO: From Frank

Although he has painted bright oils and created shamanistic rituals since the late 60’s, Frank Moore first came to be known in the late 70's as the creator of the popular/infamous cabaret show, The Outrageous Beauty Revue. Moore is known as an artist who playfully explores beyond taboos. In the 80's he became one of the U.S.'s foremost performance artists. In 1985 Moore received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Performance Art. In 1992 he was voted Best Performance Artist by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. In the early 90's he was targeted, along with four other performance artists, by Senator Jesse Helms as an “obscene” artist. His casts have included the likes of Annie Sprinkle, Linda Montano, Linda Sibio, Nina Hartley, and Veronica Vera.

Between 1992 and 1999 Frank Moore was the publisher and editor of the acclaimed underground zine, The Cherotic r(E)volutionary. In addition to his book, Cherotic Magic and numerous other self-published pieces, Frank Moore has been widely published on the subjects of art, sex, magic, and cultural subversion. He also teaches/lectures on these subjects. Annie Sprinkle lists Moore among her “sexual/performance teachers”.

Since 1996, Moore has run a large, extensive web site, http://www.eroplay.com , which features his and other artists' audio, video and visual artwork. In 1999, he founded http://www.luver.com , a 24/7 webstation which has become the home for voices for change, including Dr. Susan Block. Moore has two popular shows on Public Access Television, B-TV, in Berkeley, California, Unlimited Possibilities and Going Deep to the Core at Ramen with Frank Moore. In 2007 he started campaigning to become President of the United States.

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Shannon, this is very impressive and deep... And flattering! I don't mind your angle. You made it clear that I don't do "crip" art. When I was running for President, NYFA Current commissioned and published one of my campaign speeches. In it I wrote:

"I am a real, serious candidate. I’m just working outside of their boxes. Outside of boxes is where the new possibilities are. Inside the limiting boxes is where political power is created. This is why the normal politicians stay in the boxes. This is why fundamental, humane change rarely—if ever—has come from power politics. I hope they keep saying that I’m not a real and serious candidate because each time they say that our blip gets brighter and more intense. I also hope they keep saying I am the candidate of the fringe, of the margins. Consider who they have marginalized… the poor, the working poor. In fact, most of the labor force: the disabled, gays, seniors, the uninsured, women, the middle class, artists, family farmers, racial minorities, immigrants, etc. Hey, I may win by a wide margin!"

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

David Steinberg has a new blog on SF Gate

Frank,

Good to get your note. It will be interesting to see what happens with this mainstream blog. A chance to talk to a wider audience. The rest remains to be seen.

Thanks too for publicizing the Lovers Guide site. Tuppy Owens put them in touch with me and they've been very good to deal with -- honest, straightforward -- and I'm plased with how the photos look there.

Hope all is well with all of you.

David

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we keep popping up everywhere!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: an interview from the past!

Hi, Frank, Mikee, and Linda,

I can hear something, but no picture. Thank you for doing this for us. I gave a wonderful and assessable introduction for my students today mostly centered on the transformation of the "othered body" through shamanistic performance art and in particular, your sexual/intimate performance art. I think I set it up quite nicely for the students, who as I said before are a particularly conservative bunch. I told them about what it was like for you before you started performing (your isolation), and the fact that you could not communicate. I told them about your headband pointer that you invented and the laser pointer that followed. I then spoke more about the stigmatization of "othered" bodies and how this identity politic is oftentimes the theme of much performance art. Sexuality/intimacy gets to the heart of a healing process to reverse or address this stigmatization. I used Annie Sprinkle as an example, Linda Montano, Carollee Schneemann, and other feminist performance artists. I think it was a good way to set up your work, and again, approachable for the students. I will use the Vinee piece. If they like, I told them to explore your site further to see your other work.

I look forward to this, Frank and with this unique learning experience for my students...and presenting your work in person hopefully sometime through the university/other venues.

Warmly and with gratitude,

Shannon

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yes, it will be interesting to expand their minds!

BTW, Linda Montano was in my cast and in her book she has an interview with me.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Your photo at loversguide.com

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