Projects tagged
Performance
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Teen Actors Keep Playwright August Wilson’s Legacy Alive
Read more: Teen Actors Keep Playwright August Wilson’s Legacy AliveEight years after his death, the annual August Wilson Monologue Competition provides high school students from around the country an opportunity to carry on the African-American playwright’s legacy. That legacy includes Pulitzer Prizes for “Fences” and “The Piano Lesson,” two…
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HEARD•NY
Read more: HEARD•NYPublic arts advocator, Creative Time, and the MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design (AFT) partnered to present Heard NY, a public art dance and music installation facilitated by artist, choreographer, and fashion designer Nick Cave. Heard NY was created…
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Between A Rock and A Hard Place
Read more: Between A Rock and A Hard PlaceBetween A Rock And A Hard Place is a project consisting of a cleaning performance, a film and a big event on August 18, 2012. From the material recorded on this day, a film and a vinyl record will be…
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Pigasus for President
Read more: Pigasus for PresidentAt the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968, the Yippies (Youth International Party) nominated a pig for president, with the campaign pledge: “They nominate a president and he eats the people. We nominate a president and the people eat…
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Silver Action
Read more: Silver Action“Suzanne Lacy is an internationally known artist whose work includes installations, video, and large-scale performances on social themes and urban issues. One of her best-known works to date is The Crystal Quilt (Minneapolis, 1987) a performance with 430 older women,…
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Joey Skaggs: novelty silliness and well-packaged rebellion
Read more: Joey Skaggs: novelty silliness and well-packaged rebellionIn July 1976, prankster and satirist Joey Skaggs, calling himself Giuseppe Scaggoli, appeared before a rabid crowd, dressed in sharp-lapeled finery. He had some unfortunate news: that day’s planned auction of rock star sperm was cancelled due to a mysterious…
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Moneyless Manifesto
Read more: Moneyless ManifestoMark Boyle has lived completely without money in England [since 2008], an experience which formed the basis for his first book, The Moneyless Man. He is also the founder of Freeconomy, an alternative economy with local groups across 171 countries.…
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Three Weeks in May
Read more: Three Weeks in MayIn May of 1977, artist Suzanne Lacy mapped every reported rape in LA for a period of three weeks. This project, aptly named “Three Weeks in May”, was part of an extended performance which Lacy utilized as a means to…
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People’s Tours: A social history of the South End walking tour
Read more: People’s Tours: A social history of the South End walking tourIn early 2012, a group of artists, activists and assorted other odd balls got together to form People’s Tours. The idea was to give walking tours in the Boston area. Standard enough. But instead of the usual history, we would…
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Social ID Bureau
Read more: Social ID BureauIntro The Social ID Bureau is handing-out personal identification cards for a limited number of Facebook Social Network citizens, interested in alpha testing. Be the first among your friends to pick-up your social identification card and explore the future. What…