Roberta's Physical Stance

Roberta Breitmore may have been exorcised in 1978, but she abides, in both physical and virtual form. We here at the livingblog are ecstatic to announce two upcoming opportunities to further explore the worlds of Roberta Breitmore. The best part? Lynn herself will be present for both!

Roberta's Camouflage

Roberta's Interim Driver's License

The first takes place tomorrow, March 27, at SF Camerawork in San Francisco. As part of the exhibition “The Future Lasts Forever”, the gallery is premiering “24-Hour Roberta”, a brand new performance in real time featuring Lynn’s avatar Roberta Ware. From 12-5Pm PST, gallery visitors can actually drive the avatar as she travels through the virtual world of Second Life. Can’t be there? Fear not! That’s only five hours, and that means there are nineteen more to catch. You can follow Roberta Ware through her Second Life derive by searching for her avatar, or find her at the Dante Hotel (in Second Life, of course), beginning at 5pm PST and every two hours thereafter.

For those livingblog followers residing across the pond, the Whitworth Gallery at the University of Manchester will be hosting “The Complete Roberta Breitmore Symposium” on April 24.  Featuring Lynn, feminist cultural theorist Jackie Stacey, and Whitworth director Maria Balshaw, this event will be held in conjunction with the gallery’s ongoing exhibition “The Complete Roberta Breitmore”, recently purchased by the gallery in its final edition. It begins at 2PM with a tour of the exhibition led by Lynn, and continues from 3-5PM with the symposium. Amazingly, this event is free, and as such is bound to fill up quickly. Act now to reserve space! Email events.whitworth@manchester.ac.uk or call 0161 275 7450 to make sure you don’t miss out.

Roberta Breitmore's avatar in Life Squared: Life to the Power of N

According to the gallery,

The Future Lasts Forever utilizes the notion of autobiography as a way to explore the work of contemporary artists who are using archival material, exploring persistent subject matter, and examining their own personal histories and the practical ways and means that surround art practice and preserve works for the future beyond the ephemeral exhibition model. To emphasize the exhibition’s autobiographical focus in egalitarian terms, accompanying text panels feature an articulation by each artist of their work. The cumulative effect of these projects serves to exemplify the evolution of a multifaceted and multicultural major American metropolitan region.

With a missive like that, it’s unsurprising that  you will be able to find Roberta Breitmore, in some of her many iterations, alongside works by other Bay Area talents. This past fall, An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area Part 1: San Francisco Plays Itself showcased works by Annie Liebowitz, Catherine Opie, and Katy Grannan. The opening of Part 2 runs from 5-8 PM tonight.