Tim Youd Performs Charles Bukowski’s POST OFFICE

Artist Tim Youd is continuing his page turning performances all over the country. Dubbed “regional conceptualism,” Youd performs the typing of notable works of literature in locales geographically related to either the author’s life or the plot of the novel. Utilizing the same make and model typewriter used by the author in its original creation, Youd types the novel on a single page run through the machine over and over.

Charles Bukowski’s Post Office – A Performance

Tim Youd will perform the entirety of Charles Bukowski’s Post Office on an Underwood Champion typewriter in the parking lot of the Terminal Annex Post Office where Bukowski sorted mail for fourteen years.

To commemorate the performance, the Coagula Curatorial gallery has created a limited edition print of Youd’s self-portrait reading Bukowski’s Post Office. During the performances there will be two ways to acquire a limited edition print:

•via a Bukowski trivia raffle during the run of the performance
•anyone who shows the artist their Bukowski tattoo during there performance will received a print on the spot.

Terminal Annex Post Office Parking Lot
900 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Wednesday, July 17th – Saturday, July 27th, 2013
11am to 4pm, Daily

One of the silkscreened+hand-painted monoprints available during the performance:

TimYoudPostOffice

Come see Bukowski’s Post Office retyped at the site of the post office where Hank worked.