This is Andrea, one of the Franklin Furnace interns. I just recently returned from Florence, Italy where I was studying painting conservation and jewelry design. Although I miss Europe and now have mixed feelings about America it feels good to be back at the Franklin Furnace office and to be able to explore the archives. Martha Wilson suggested I find something from the first ten years of Franklin Furnace that interests me and write about it. When scrolling through the files I saw a lot of interesting performance, artist books, installation and mail art projects. There were a few that I recognized and I was excited to realize that Franklin Furnace was a part of them. However, one specific project called out to me. Guillaume Bijl's "The Art- Liquidation Project" of April 14, 1982 was part of a series of installations that transformed the art galleries into spaces for pragmatic or business purposes. These spaces were turned into places such as a travel agency, vocational gu...
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