Early1980s
During the early 1980s Fiona Templeton wrote, directed and performed in intimate works in the art world and club scenes, as well as creating large-scale immersive works, working collaboratively with performers who would go on to form the core of The Relationship Performance and Arts Group, founded in 2006.
Selected Chronology:
1984 A/Version with Elliot Sharp, 9 performers (Limbo Theater, NYC)
1984 Out of the Mouths, 10 voices (St. Mark's Poetry Project, NYC)
1983 The New Three Act Piece, 4 performers (Performing Garage, NYC)
1982 Experiments in the Destruction of Time (Franklin Furnace, NYC)
1982 Defense, 80 performers (Art on the Beach, Creative Time, NYC)
1981 Cupid and Psyche, 35 performers (PS122, NYC)
1980-1981 DUEL DUET Series (Red Bar NYC; Ikon, Birmingham UK; Performing Garage NYC; Inroads NYC; de Fabriek Eindhoven)
1980 Thought/Death, solo (TR3, NYC; Acme Gallery London; Annina Nosei Gallery, NYC; Whitney Museum, NYC; Polyphonix, Paris; 80 Langton St, SF; De Fabriek, Eindhoven)