80:. Often an Instant Coffee event consists of works made in a single format that flies below the radar of medium specificity, such as the bumper sticker or stencil, to allow a broad range of artists, and the artistically-inclined, to participate. The Urban Disco Trailer, a retrofitted camping trailer, was an early platform used to present artworks in this mode. In more recent projects, the collective has focused on creating a participatory environment for its audience. The Instant Coffee Bass-Bed, contained a subwoofer connected to a sound system that made the bed vibrate. Instant Coffee’s Nooks created four moveable replicas of a kitchen nook, complete with window, inside of which audiences could sit and enjoy a series of art-related events. An ongoing project, the Light Bar reconstructs the gallery as a bar complete with full spectrum light therapy units to fight
67:, "a performance, event or situation meant to be considered art." As with the Happening, Instant Coffee stages events that "bring artists, writers and musicians together in combinations rarely encountered elsewhere." However, Instant Coffee updates this idea by designating their activities as "service-oriented." The use of corporate-style language is deliberate and is an aspect of the collective’s creation of a strong
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