Performances

Final performance as Mombooze-o

1989

Boston Film and Video Foundation, Boston, MA. (Whereat Coleman is arrested for possessing an “infernal machine”.)

Professor Mombooze-o performance

1989

at a parking lot in Venice Beach, CA. (A scheduled performance at The Bridge, in Los Angeles, was stopped by the Fire Department, animal rights groups, and the police. Coleman spread the word that the audience could see him do the performance by the light of car headlights at the public beach.)

Professor Mombooze-o performance

1988

Hotel Amazon, New York, NY. (A “midnight horror show” featuring the Professor, see Anthony Haden-Guest essay in The Book of Joe.)

Lecture about the artist’s paintings and comics

1988

Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Professor Mombooze-o performance

1987

Cuando Theater, New York, NY.

The Uncle Floyd Show

1987

Coleman as “Mad Dog” performs with Steel Tips, The Uncle Floyd Show (New Jersey cable TV)

Professor Mombooze-o performance

1986

Wooster Gallery, New York, NY.

Where Evil Dwells

1985

Written and directed by Tommy Turner and David Wojnarowicz. Coleman plays Satan to Rockets Redglare’s Jesus.

Professor Mombooze-o at The Kitchen

1981

The Kitchen, New York, NY. First art-world performance as exploding geek Professor Mombooze-o. (See description in essay by Haden-Guest.)

Ten-year high-school reunion

1980

Performance as Doug Sprag, Oceanside, Long Island. Coleman impersonates a deceased class member, exploding and disappearing at the end of the evening. Police arrive to find that the perp has been dead for years.