REFLECTIONS FOR PARA II
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September 2011
06:15:00 Living Walls Performance Festival Albany, NY + salvaged tree limbs from the Hudson River + coal + rope + sound score by Keller McDivitt |
STATEMENT
Reflections for Para continues my performance investigation and response to the murders and demolition within the Brazilian Amazon in the state of Para. This investigation began at the Lumen Video and Performance Festival last June in immediate response to the assassination of impoverished farmer and land owner, Obede Loyla Souza. Over 1,150 environmental activists have been the unjust victims to murder in the pursuit of privatized greed. This multi-media performance intended to honor the commitment of formerly slain activists and to expose the extreme instability of the Amazon’s resources. |
ACTIONS
Enter space. Light 5 candles to honor the five Brazilian activists/farmers who have been slain thus far in 2011. Cover naked flesh with charcoal dust. Create body silhouettes in memory of lives lost. For as long as body can withstand, bind the loose collected branches with unraveled rope one at a time. Rise to knees each time a new stick has been bound to the collective mass. Repeat.
Enter space. Light 5 candles to honor the five Brazilian activists/farmers who have been slain thus far in 2011. Cover naked flesh with charcoal dust. Create body silhouettes in memory of lives lost. For as long as body can withstand, bind the loose collected branches with unraveled rope one at a time. Rise to knees each time a new stick has been bound to the collective mass. Repeat.
