Exhibition at Erosion, Salt Lake City, July of 2024. This exhibition is the first on-ground iteration of our small_bars research project curating materials related to FARMAN.
FARMAN was a group of three multi-instrumentalists living in and around the Dayton, Ohio, area in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. Currently, all known recorded output is documented on magnetic tape and through a collection of printed ephemera, while details of their personnel remain scant. From the existing materials, we can assume that the group existed with a public presence from at least late 1999, with all known activities ceasing in the winter of 2001. During this short time, the group managed to participate in a fairly prolific performance schedule within the middle-west region and beyond. Despite a fairly extensive trail of concert activity, there exists only one improvised (assumed live bootleg) recording as well as a five-song EP titled “End Times Shake.” (2000).
Taken from the materials catalog (zine artifact):
The above video contains the FARMAN audio, joined with a video composite of our own creation. The footage included was sources from Dayton Public Access Television archives, timed from around the era of the music.
Contained on this page is an archive of the visual materials, exhibition documentation/diagram, as well as the audio found on the FARMAN cassette. Interested parties can purchase a copy of the zine (pictured above) which further discusses the discovery and background information of the fabled FARMAN group.
