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In 1982, Jeff Gordon and Ron Feldman brought 24 artists together for an art exhibit.  The end result, however, was not a conventional  art gallery exhibit but 21 audio tracks which vary greatly in subject matter and recording style.  Though each artist created a lithograph as an album cover for their individual track (as seen on the wall of the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery), the emphasis of the exhibit was on the auditory, rather than the visual, components.  Visitors to the Ron Feldman Fine Arts gallery went around the room listening to each track, but the exhibit is not confined to the physical space of a gallery; it can be experienced by anyone with access to a record player, no matter their location.  This also allows for the exhibit to exist beyond the time it spent in the Feldman Fine Arts Gallery in New York.  The audio tracks cover subjects ranging from nuclear war to phonetics, and are deeply influenced by the historical context of the 1980s.

Revolutions Per Minute: The Art Record was unique in its ability to transcend the physical confines of the art gallery, but in the age of internet, this is now taken for granted.  Anyone can conduct a search on the internet and find images of almost any piece of artwork, no matter its physical location.  Though this may lessen the poignancy of the Feldman exhibit's mobility, the piece remains relevant in many other ways, such as the themes it explores and the historical context it provides.

This particular copy of "Revolutions Per Minute: The Art Record" was purchased by Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery in 1982, just five days after the exhibit opened in New York.  It is number 107 in a edition of 500 copies of a special edition of the record, which included the 21 audio tracks on two vinyl discs and the 21 lithographs, each signed by the artist which created it.  

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  1. Revolutions Per Minute: The Art Record Rebekah Smith

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  1. Gallery of Lithographs Rebekah Smith
  2. Themes Rebekah Smith
  3. Information on the Artists Rebekah Smith
  4. 1982: Historical Context of "Revolutions Per Minute" Rebekah Smith
  5. Types of Audio Format Rebekah Smith
  6. Would Not Say No to Some Help; Les Levine Rebekah Smith
  7. How to Make Love a Sound; Douglas Davis Rebekah Smith
  8. Pieces of Sound; Vincenzo Agnetti Rebekah Smith
  9. Polynesian/Polyhedron; Jud Fine Rebekah Smith
  10. Antinova Remembers; Eleanor Antin Rebekah Smith
  11. First Lines; Margaret Harrison Rebekah Smith
  12. Excerpt from the Second Lagoon: A Memoriam to John Isaacs; Helen Mayer Harrison & Newton Harrison Rebekah Smith
  13. Stand Up; Hannah Wilke Rebekah Smith
  14. Internal Sound; Terry Fox Rebekah Smith
  15. Russian Language Lesson; Komar and Melamid Rebekah Smith

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  1. How to Make Love a Sound; Douglas Davis
  2. Pieces of Sound; Vincenzo Agnetti
  3. Internal Sound; Terry Fox
  4. Excerpt from the Second Lagoon: A Memoriam to John Isaacs; Helen Mayer Harrison & Newton Harrison
  5. Atomic Alphabet; Chris Burden
  6. Really, Is that a Fact?; Ida Applebroog
  7. Vibrations/Metaphors; Edwin Schlossberg
  8. Comments on SITE; SITE
  9. Critical Path; R. Buckminster Fuller
  10. Smashing Beauty; Thomas Shannon
  11. The Louis XIV Deterrent; Conrad Atkinson
  12. Typewriter in D; David Smyth
  13. Think Twice; Todd Siler
  14. You Only Call the Old Doctor Once; Piotr Kowalski & William Burroughs
  15. Excerpt from Cooper Union Dialogue; Joseph Beuys