In 2012, Cooper and his frequent theater collaborator Gisèle Vienne co-curated a section of the annual Un Nouveau Festival at the Centre Pompidou in Paris entitled TEENAGE HALLUCINATION, featuring art exhibitions, films,
lectures, live performances, concerts, an
installation of the visual components of Cooper / Vienne's works to date, and performances of their theater pieces
Last Spring, a Prequel (2011), Jerk (2008), and Cooper / Cochrane / Houston - Jones» Them.
Building on the strong positive response from visitors at
last year's show, TX Contemporary will host public programs at the Convention Center including large - scale sculpture
installations and a
lecture series.
But he is also well - known for his entertaining use of The Simpsons cartoon in which he spliced images of Marge Simpson walking out of the cinema and the artist himself with a Simpsons mask on in a performance
lecture and
installation, entitled Cinema in the Round
last year.