CHRIS SOLLARS ACTIONS INTERVENTIONS

ACTION / INTERVENTIONS / EVENTS

Action, Intervention, and events performed or directed by Chris Sollars to subvert private and public situations.
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2012
	Pacific Puddle Pedal Pacific Puddle Pedal 2011-2012 documents a jarred street puddle pedaled to and exchanged with Pacific Ocean water to make a salt water puddle on the street.

2011
	Digger Bread Bakery OPENrestaurant @ Berkeley Art Museum August 27, 2011 Artist Chris Sollars , Steve Sullivan from Acme Bakery and James Whitehead from Fist of Flour bake Digger bread in cans while David Simpson and Jane Lapiner recount stories from their experience as Diggers.

	Pile of Trash San Diego July 15 2011 The Trash walks through downtown San Diego.

	Shave July 2011 Shaving my beard with a razor sharp axe amongst the redwoods. Based on a shaving performance from 1998.

	Whiskey Waxing Yerba Buena Center for the Arts July 30, 2011 Get your Beard Mustache waxed into Sculpture while sipping whiskey drinks served by Comstock Saloon with Rag Time by Will Billy. A Twist of the Stache to San Francisco's Past

	Whiskey Waxing Competition 2011 Comstock Saloon August 15, 2011 Welcome to the 2011 Whiskey Waxing Beard & Mustache Competition. Whiskey Waxing is a San Francisco Bay Area competition celebrating local hairy talent on the old Barbary Coast. Contestants judged on their form & ability to sip whiskey or tea.

2010
	2929 A Double Take A New Museum Jan 1-10 2010 2929 is an exhibition using A NEW MUSEUM's address as a double take. Left Window: Motorcycle helmet with super man sticker smashed through glass window.

	Head Ribbons in UKIAH June 2010 I was buried up to my neck for 3.5 hours next to a buried pig. Once the pig was finished cooking and unearthed by artist and Chez Panisse chef Jerome Waag I came out of the ground.


2009
	Behind, Beside, Inside from ARTHUR ALLAN Hallway Projects for ARTHUR ALLAN at 667Shotwell performances by Allan at Arthur's, Re-Projection of Arthur's Living space at Allan's.

	Sheet

	Tarp

	Time in a Bottle


2007
	Tiger Wack Chinatown Los Angeles, CA In collaboration with Kottie Paloma and Archie Mckay


2006
	Kimono News Tokyo Japan With help from Charlie Canfield, Yoshinori Niwa, and others.

	Bansai Beard Tokyo Japan

	Follow the Leader Yerba Buena Museum In collaboration with Alison Pebworth, Henrik Lebuhn, Jerome Waag, Mark Shunney, and Megan Saperstein

	Detourned Menu: Flavor of Democracy In collaboration with Jerome Waag. curated by Brianna Toth October 20, 2006 - November 11, 2006 The Lab, San Francisco, CA

	SF DRIFT In collaboration with Charlie Canfield, Jos Pollard, Takuro Kotaka, Yoshinori Niwa San Francisco, CA

	Sidewalk News SF Reading the news and spreading out on the sidewalk in collaboration with Charlie Canfield, Jos Pollard, Takuro Kotaka, and Yoshinori Niwa San Francisco, CA

	Tokyo DRIFT In collaboration with Takuro Kotaka, Yoshinori Niwa, and others.


2005
	Pile of Trash Downtown San Francisco, CA September 2005

	Pile of Trash LA Los Angeles, CA

	Melt the Pot - Jerome Waag @ 667Shotwell On January 1, 2005 taste the flavor of democracy. All present will participate in preparation and cooking, creating an original recipe for a truly civic dish. Each step of the process will be decided by the people and written into the Recipe/Constitution. The media will be present to document this experiment in democracy. Good for the constitution! Cooked by the People for the People!


2004
	Beard Sculpt Beard Sculpt took place at the end of the summer Bard MFA 1st year show. The all male first year sculpture class (Josh Hart, Desi Santiago,Chris Sollars, Crispin Webb, & Mike Wodkowski) decided to all grow beards and at the end of the summer to have Sculpture faculty Taylor Davis and Nayland Blake sculpt them.


2003
	Death Valley Walking alone in the sand dunes of Death Valley shouting protest slogans against the Iraq War through a megaphone with Airforce jets flying overhead.

	Hokey Pokey Protest Los Angeles, CA


2002
	Come Walk With Me Tour In collaboration with J.C. and his tourists. San Francisco, CA

	Man-Handle Gamble w/ Tom Texas Holmes 667Shotwell San Francisco, CA

	Pile of Trash San Francisco, CA

	Trippin on e Balazo Gallery San Francisco, CA


2001
	Illustrated Man New Orleans, LA

	Mobile Phone New Orleans, LA

	Phone Tag San Francisco, CA

	We're Waiting w/ Mads Lynnerup September 2001 New Langton Arts San Francisco, CA


2000
	Cityscapes San Francisco, CA


1999
	Memorial Day San Francisco, CA

	you lose ... try again San Francisco, CA


1998
	Labyrinth at Chartes Chartes Cathedral, France

	Mannequin Pis Brussels, Belgium

	Public Display of Affection Public Display of Affection for Public Sculptures. Downtown Providence, RI.

	Shaving Maine Woods - Skowhegan, ME

	TEST I took any HIV test and documented the process. In front of a group at Skowhegan I played the tape, pinned the phone number for the Test results to the wall, and left.

	Touching God Documentation video of touching God in the Sistine Chapel.


1997
	Alley Bread Providence RI

	Butt Project Providence RI

	Buying the News Providence RI

	Street Clean Providence RI


1996
	BRIDGE Providence RI