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Performance still of MA FISH CO's Antebellum Bedlam (1985). Pictured: Domenica Kriz at KALA Institute, Berkeley, CA, 1985. Photo credit: MA FISH CO archives. The image illustrates the work of the intermedia production group MA FISH CO, which combined the direction, performance work and choreography of Margaret Fisher, electronic and acoustic music scores by Robert Hughes, and the stage design and sculpture of Jerry Carniglia in performances, installations and mixed-media works that often incorporated video, slide projection, and the participation of a multi-media orchestra and performer-technicians. This work and similar works by MA FISH CO have been publicly performed in prominent venues in the U.S. and internationally, and discussed in major performance art journals and daily press publications.

MA FISH CO (performance group) archives. Copyright held by MA FISH CO.

Margaret Fisher  (artist)

Performance still

Yes

The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating the self-conceived work of the intermedia production group MA FISH CO, which combined the direction, performance work and choreography of Margaret Fisher, electronic and acoustic music scores by Robert Hughes, and the stage design and sculpture of Jerry Carniglia in performances, installations and mixed-media works that often incorporated video and slide projection, the participation of a multi-media orchestra and performer-technicians, and numerous historical and cultural references. Because the article is about an artist and her work, and MA FISH CO was the major outlet for her work beginning in the mid-1980s, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize this key phase in her work, which attracted international attention and reviews. MA FISH CO's/Fisher 's work of this type and this work in particular is discussed in the article and by prominent critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by MA FISH CO, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.