JOHN PERREAULT

All 26 letters of the alphabet will be applied to various surfaces on the two streets and two avenues surrounding Tompkins Square Park (East 7th Street and East 10th Street; Avenue A and Avenue B).



HOW TO LOCATE

On various surfaces on East 7th Street, East 10th Street, Avenue A and Avenue B surrounding Tompkins Square Park.

April 2, 2002, until no letters of the alphabet remain.



ABOUT THE ARTIST

John Perreault coined the term Street Work and was one of the coordinators of Street Works (1-IV) manifested at various locations in Manhattan in 1969. Other coordinators were Vito Acconci, Scott Burton, Eduardo Costa and Hannah Weiner. His 1969 Street Work ("Anytime I am recognized in the street by someone I do not know is a Street Work")continues to the present day. His solo exhibition of Toothpaste Tondos was at the 450 Broadway Gallery in December 2000.



ARTISTS STATEMENT

The uniform, black stick-on letters that are the material street-manifestation of Alphabet Streetwork are applied in such a way that joining the letters alphabetically will create a drawing composed of one imaginary line criss-crossing Tompkins Square thriteen times. Each letter, however, also creates its own zone of perception.

Alphabet Streework continues a series begun with a piece manifested at the opening reception of Street Works IV at he Architectural League in 1969, followed by Alphabet performed at the Whitney Museum of Art in 1971.