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Performance
  • Multiple Artists …
    • Anna Banana
    • Ron Brunette

World Series

Dec 11, 1987

Co-scripted and performed with Ron Brunette. Hardball with brain-washing and environmental bombshells.

People: Banana, Anna | Brunette, Ron | Subject Keywords: Performance | performance art | performance art -- women | therapy
Anna Banana and Ron Brunette - "World Series" [Part 1] (1987)
Anna Banana and Ron Brunette - "World Series" [Part 2] (1987)
  • Anna Banana and Ron Brunette (1987)
    Anna Banana and Ron Brunette (1987)
  • Anna Banana and Ron Brunette (1987)
    Anna Banana and Ron Brunette (1987)
  • Anna Banana and Ron Brunette (1987)
    Anna Banana and Ron Brunette (1987)

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