Performance art and video proposal, a request for a performance art venue to recreate the second in the series PROTEST: Stand Up in Solidarity (Farmers vs. Monsanto) No. 2
Background of the original performance
PROTEST: Stand Up in Solidarity (Farmers vs. Monsanto) No. 1 is a contained protest, a march in place, a studio practice that allows participants to feel the energy roused by protest.
In addition to being broadcasted live for Low Lives: Occupy! this performance (No. 1) was recorded so that it could then be made available to publicly recreate sequentially by a process of taking the prior recording and projecting it onto the current protest/performance, recording, so on
and so forth. This series of layering of each protest from venue to venue will increase the awareness of the matters at stake as well as the number of protesters documented. While the names of the protesters remains clear and concise what remains to be seen and is of interest to me is how the layering of recorded audio and video will develop and transform. What remains to be
seen is if the audio and video abstract and become the quintessential energy of protest, from awareness, to frustration, to anger and catharsis. Although a public call out was made for
participants to come to my studio in Newark, NJ to protest, one person was in attendance. Some questions that remain unanswered are: Outside of city centers why don’t people protest in this
country? When, why and how did Americans become so apathetic?
This protest is to show our support for farmers utilizing organic practices. Whether it is 2 people or 50 this performance is to make a stand and let the world know we are conscious citizens
aware of where our food comes from and what it entails to get it from farm to plate. The protest is to help expose the monstrosities of corporate agriculture by demanding the labeling of GMO
foods and to support sustainable practices and a local economy.
Requirements for the performance
A wall to project (original performance on) approx. 10’H x 14’W
An announcement prior to the event to ready anyone interested in Protest to wear white or very light colored clothing. People participating can bring signs or drums. The project is
experimental in nature; my direction is contingent upon how many people participate. Participants will view the projection of the prior performance before hand. The first take is played
back for evaluation the second is most likely the final cut. Runtime of performance is 6 minutes.Live Performance, Protest: Stand in Solidarity No.1 (Farmers vs. Monsanto) for Low Lives:Occupy!
PROTEST: Stand Up in Solidarity (Farmers vs. Monsanto) No. 1 performance by Tara Raye RussoLow Lives: Occupy! March 3, 2012. program starts at 6pm.
My performance is scheduled for 9:28pm. Stand Up!
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This protest is to show our support for farmers utilizing organic practices. Whether it is 2 people or 50 this performance is to make a stand and let the world know we are conscious citizens aware of where our food comes from and what it entails to get it from farm to plate. This protest is to help expose the monstrosities of corporate agriculture by demanding the labeling of GMO foods and to support sustainable practices and a local economy.
The concept and its future: PROTEST: Stand Up in Solidarity (Farmers vs. Monsanto) No. 1 is a contained protest, a march in place, a studio practice that allows participants to feel the energy and anger roused by protest. We stand for conscious action in our determination to fix what is wrong and make it right.
In addition to being broadcasted live for Low Lives: Occupy! This performance (No. 1) will be recorded and made available to the public to sequentially recreate and to build upon in strength by numbers. This will be accomplished by a process of taking the prior recording and projecting it onto the current protest in a series of layering of each protest.
This material is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without prior consent from the artist.
About Low Lives: Low Lives: Occupy! will be in partnership with Occupy With Art and The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics.
Low Lives: Occupy! Is an international platform designed to enable artists, audiences, and presenters in alliance with the Occupy movement to support the occupation, will transmit live performances, actions, and happenings online as they occur in real time around the world. The Occupy protests, and the myriad of perspectives and experiences related to this unique moment, will be amplified, explored, and experimented with, through Low Lives’ internet-based creative platform. Low Lives: Occupy! recognizes the powerful opportunity that is the presentation of performances from around the world, and invites artists to open eyes and minds by presenting a radical re-imagining of possible ways of existing and relating.
Over the past 4 years Low Lives has developed a platform that invites and enables artists, audiences, and presenting venues to "plug in and participate" from anywhere an internet connection exists. This technological platform brings a history of supporting artists’ full creative freedom to imagine new worlds and is now offered to artists interested to present work in solidarity with #OWS. Online documentation of the live event will allow Low Lives: Occupy! to inspire online audiences far into the future.
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