Gregory Stauffer, Verbemove, 2013, videostill, 32’56”. Courtesy the artist

Gregory Stauffer

Verbmemove

2013, video on screen

In 1967-1968, the artist Richard Serra wrote a list of verbs denoting ways of acting on a material object. Roll, fold, bend, shorten, plane, tear, carve, split, cut, slice… Given Serra’s proximity to Yvonne Rainer and SImone Forti, these words can be read in terms of his interest in dance. With Verbmemove, Gregory Stauffer pays homage to Serra by “performing” each of the 84 verbs in the list.