FRANKLIN FURNACE

112 Franklin Street, New York

Director: Martha Wilson

Franklin Furnace, originally located at 112 Franklin Street, was founded by performance artist Martha Wilson for the "preservation and presentation of avant-garde art" and soon became a major archive for artists' books. In addition Franklin Furnace presented exhibitions, and works by performance artists. [Note: The Museum of Modern Art acquired the artists' book collection and related ephemera compiled by Franklin Furnace in 1994]. Presently the Franklin Furnace exists as a site on the internet.

CATALOGUES
Found Language	Larry List	1984	including: David Byrne / Bruce Connor / Brian Eno / Sharon Gilbert / Perry Hoberman / Buzz Spector / David Wojnarowicz
Teching Hsieh: One Year Performance 1981 - 1982	with Exit Art	1983	Teching Hsieh
PUBLICATIONS
The Arties - Franklin Furnace's Tenth Anniversary Celebration	Hosted by Lily Tomlin	1986
The Flue [multiple issues]	Martha Wilson
EPHEMERA
Art Performance: Franklin Furnace "In Exile" presents "ON THE TABLE" by Seiji Shimoda	Judson Memorial Church	1991
Celebrate Franklin Furnace's Fifth Birthday	Franklin Furnace	1981	an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of pink paper with information and schedule including Laurie Anderson's performance of Songs from United States [also information on back side with schedule for "Soundworks 2"]
DISCUSSED IN
Alternative Art New York 1965-1985	The Drawing Center / University of Minnesota Press	2002
Art, Activism & Oppositionality: Essays from Afterimage	Duke University Press	1998
Art Matters: How the Culture Wars Changed America	New York University Press	1999
SoHo: The Essential Guide to Art and Life in Lower Manhattan	Simon and Schuster	1979
SoHo: The Rise and Fall of an Artists' Colony	Routledge	2003
"Other Voices, Other Rooms: The Rise of the Alternative Space "	Art in America, July-August	1977