[5] Goodden documented his art, such as tagging hair clumps and tying them to a wire cage which she later photographed.
[11] In April 1970, she was part of the original cast of Brown's Leaning Duets which took place near Wooster Street in New York City.
[24] Goodden's philosophy in running FOOD was to provide a place where artists could work for a fair wage and have a flexible schedule changed the nature of art-production itself, moving it away from institutional spaces or gallery-spaces and into a new arena: the kitchen.
[24] Goodden began to feel "overwhelmed by the managerial duties" for which she became almost solely responsible[25] until she hired Kushner as an assistant manager.
[24] In addition, FOOD did not make money for its owners[26] and Goodden nearly lost her family inheritance by investing in the restaurant.
[27] Goodden had hoped that even though she provided the bulk of the money for FOOD that more people would help share in the work "for the benefit of all" and that the project itself could be sustainable.
[22] While Anarchitecture is often solely associated with Matta-Clark, "it had a broad membership of equally significant artists, including Laurie Anderson, Tina Girouard, Carol Goodden, Suzanne Harris, Jene Highstein, Bernard Kirschenbaun, Richard Landry and Richard Nonas among others.
[30] Some of the ideas surrounding the themes in Anarchitecture were derived from the loss of Goodden's fortune, leading to the use of the slogan, "Nothing Works.
[2] Goodden has continued to provide artistic direction and historical reference to art from the period of time surrounding FOOD and Anarchitecture.