Moon TentTemporary MonumentInstalled for the duration of the full moonLansing, New YorkOctober 2–3, 1982

One of Mayer’s final temporary monuments, Moon Tent, compressed the duration of her work to a single night. On October 2, 1982, Mayer wrapped a pavilion on the top of art historian Robert Hobbs’s residence in glassine paper and invited friends to revel from dusk to dawn. The event channeled her longtime studies of astrology and ancient rituals, while also foreshadowing future generations of socially engaged art practices that embraced actions like dinners and processions.

Rosemary Mayer, “Moon Tent”, 1982; Paper on wood pavilion; installed for the duration of the full moon, October 2–3 1982, 6:45 pm to 5:27 am. Roof of the house of Robert Hobbs, Lansing, New York