“We are showing the public what this administration has done! They have turned our loved ones into bone chips, ash, and corpses,” shouts David Robinson during ACT UP’s protest, The Ashes Action. Judith Butler in her book, Notes toward Performative Theory of Assembly, calls the concept of a protest, not one of the people contesting their … Continue reading The Performativity of Protest: The bodies of the AIDS epidemic
Stand still the trees ahead the bushes beside you are not lost Where ever you are is called Here And you must treat it as a powerful stranger you must ask for it permission to know it and be known Stand still the forest knows where you are let it find you [Lost] David Wagnor … Continue reading Research Studios – Outwarding
Symphonic Body April 12-14 Wexner Center for the Arts Ann Carlson If I look at it through a social justice lens, I have great respect for the work. Ann brought a community of people together that cultivate food the way I cultivate the creative process. She took their "mundane" gestures and made art, as well … Continue reading Symphonic Body
I shared work for the first time in Research Studios. It feels messy and not contained, but I keep being told how "amazing" "generous" "truthful" "raw" and "rich" it was. I guess my whole issue is understanding or believing those words in response to my work. That is as far as I can reflect right … Continue reading Pieces
I have read over 45 readings in my theory course with Nadine George Graves in the past 8 weeks. We examine how the body "means," how it is invisiblized, spectacular, queered, politicized, sexualized among many others. This week we did a creative response to the theories we were unpacking. At first, I was resistant. All … Continue reading Performing Bodies Creative Response
Mid-Term Self-Assessment - brought to you by Feminist Pedagogy. Thoughts are weaving and mingling, clashing and constricting, floating and dispersing. As I take a soft focus to my daily actions, I see this coming to life: clouding and stirring colors as if they are the confusion of my thoughts and ideas. Most potently I am … Continue reading Mid-term Self Assessment
Today I attended Columbus Museum of Art's Special Exhibition titled, I Too, Sing America. The collection of works helped display how African American's of Harlem, NY and beyond sought to reclaim the black identity in their works as a way to help redefine what it meant to be Black in America during The Harlem Renaissance. The … Continue reading I, Too, Sing America
