ACTIONS / EVENTS / INTERVENTIONS

Ten Years of Actions, Interventions, and Performances of Chris Sollars putting himself into public situations to bring attention to un-obvious and peculiar acts that subvert social political and individual constructs. All videos are available in DVD Editions of 5.
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2011  
Positive Tax

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 downtown San Diego.

   

Shave
July 2011

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


   
was

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

   
Positive Tax

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 I came out of the ground.

   
   
2009  
arthurallan

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.

   
revolution

Pipe Roll

   
revolution

Pipe North by Northwest

   
sheet

Sheet

   
tarp

Tarp

 
time

Time in a Bottle

   
   
2007
 

Tiger Wack

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

   
   
2006
 
kimono news

Kimono News
Tokyo Japan

In collaboration with Charlie Canfield, Yoshinori Niwa, and others.

   

Bansai Beard
Tokyo Japan

   
state

Follow the Leader
Yerba Buena Museum

In collaboration with Alison Pebworth, Henrik Lebuhn, Jerome Waag, Mark Shunney, and Megan Saperstein

   
meltthepot

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

San Francisco, CA

   

Pile of Trash LA

Los Angeles, CA

   
meltthepot

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  
beardsculpt

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

Death Valley, CA

   

Hokey Pokey Protest

Los Angeles, CA

   
   
2002
 

Come Walk With Me Tour

In collaboration with J.C. and his tourists.

San Francisco, CA

 

   
tom texas

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

Opening Reception: 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

   

TEST

   
   
1997
 

Alley Bread

Providence RI

   

Butt Project

Providence RI

   

Buying the News

Providence RI

   

Street Clean

Providence RI

   
 
1996
 
bridge

BRIDGE

Providence RI