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Gerd Stern in Saarbruecken where he was born in October of 1928 at about age 5.

Gerd Stern after arrival on the S.S. Washington, April Fool’s Day 1936, at about age eleven, living in Washington Heights also known as Frankfurt on the Hudson.

Gerd on his barge at Waldo Point, Sausalito some time during the 1950’s. Vern Bennett, Gerd’s wife Ann London, Gerd, Allen Ginsberg, standing Percy Heath, Mimi –Ann’s sister and in front Madge Bennett. Art by Gordon Onslow-Ford.

04 Gerd standing in front of Contact Is The Only Love, the seven foot in diameter kinetic high way poem first shown at the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1963. Are the flashing sound and light images commands or suggestions?

Michael Callahan assembling what’s called a black box even though its white. Callahan and Stern have been doing it together, (do you need to know what?) since 1963 through the San Francisco Tape Center, to Maverick Systems –Woodstock, USCO, Rockland County.N.Y. Intermedia Systems Corporation and Harvard, Cambridge, Mass and more recently Michael at Museum Technology Source Inc. and Gerd at Intermedia Foundation.

And it’s erstwhile photog Chris George with Callahan in background some time between USCO and Intermedia Systems.

USCO at Garnerville church: Barbara & Steve Durkee with Baby Dakota standing at left; Judi Stern standing next to Steve; Chris George and Gerd Stern sitting with Owen Jones______ and Michael Callahan standing at right of central column next to Meher Baba poster, Jane Burton with Radha Stern, Stewart and Lois Brand. Just Us for USCO we punned liberally.

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Back side of the USCO church at Garnerville, Rockland County, N.Y. in the spring

Do you recognize the USCO church roof heights above Just Us?

Long term truncated steeple. USCO church, Garnerville, Rockland County, N.Y.

Camera with Jonas Mekas and unidentified stagesitter, 1960’s.

Much beloved avant garde photographer Peter Moore at USCO performance. He could be counted on as present at any and all events of that period.

Gerd during several years teaching at Harvard School of Graduate Education with John Brockman early 1970’s. Is Brockman still smiling?

Gerd waiting for Tabernacle painting to be hung for “Summer of Love” exhibition at Whitney Museum of American Art in 2007. Previously shown at Tate, Liverpool, House der Kunst, Frankfurt, MOCA, Vienna. Painting now residing at USCO church, Garnerville.

Eyes Closed, Eyes Open – a privileged opportunity. Overheard clichés,/Flow through my mind,/Becoming poetry. ©Mark Berghash, 2006.

Gerd documenting archival whatsoevers in Cresskill, New Jersey 2009.

Gerd ready like freddy to read his poems for Woodstock Museum benefit 2010.