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Performance
  • Multiple Artists …
    • Mark Fruitkin
    • Willoughby Sharp

Marconi Amplified

Nov 16, 1981

A nation-wide event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Marconi’s first international radio transmission. The two were travelling with a satellite dish. Quite an undertaking.

People: Fruitkin, Mark | Sharp, Willoughby | Subject Keywords: Early Photo Archive | performance art | telecommunications
  • Two unidentified, Willoughby Sharp, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Two unidentified, Willoughby Sharp, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981
  • Two unidentified, Willoughby Sharp, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Two unidentified, Willoughby Sharp, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981
  • Unidentified, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Unidentified, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981
  • Unidentified, Willoughby Sharp, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Unidentified, Willoughby Sharp, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981
  • Unidentified, Mark Frutkin, Willoughby Sharp, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Unidentified, Mark Frutkin, Willoughby Sharp, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981
  • Unidentified, Mark Frutkin, Willoughby Sharp, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Unidentified, Mark Frutkin, Willoughby Sharp, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981
  • Unidentified, Mark Frutkin, Willoughby Sharp, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Unidentified, Mark Frutkin, Willoughby Sharp, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981
  • Mark Frutkin, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Mark Frutkin, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981
  • Mark Frutkin, Willoughby Sharp, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Mark Frutkin, Willoughby Sharp, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981
  • Willoughby Sharp, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Willoughby Sharp, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981
  • Mark Frutkin, "Marconi Amplified", 1981
    Mark Frutkin, “Marconi Amplified”, 1981

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