If you live in Chicago, chances are you’ve seen Nicole Garneau. Her performances are frequently done out in public, and she has gone to many different neighborhoods in the city. In 2005, she performed every day to mark the 10-year anniversary of the 1995 Chicago heat wave, when over 700 people died. For 2008, she will perform every month in a project titled UPRISING: a site specific exploration of the practice of revolution. From her website:
“2008 is 40 years since 1968, a year of worldwide revolutionary activity. In 2008, activists, historians, and cultural workers are contemplating the meanings and implications of this 40-year anniversary. Many comparisons are being made between 1968 and 2008. Some call for “re-creations” of 1968.
Rather than attempting to re-create 1968, UPRISING performances will create public demonstrations of the possibilities for a more loving, just and humane present and future. They will be attempts at making the world in which we want to live, and then inviting people directly and immediately inside it. Performances will be marked consistently by a commitment to flexible structure, ambitious intentions, and sense of humor.”
Nicole is currently seeking volunteer performers/participants for UPRISING events. If you want to be a part of some important performance art in Chicago, contact Nicole at nicolegarneau13{{@}}sbcglobal.net
You can also support Nicole my subscribing to EVIDENCE, presented by Links Hall. Subscribers to EVIDENCE will receive a monthly color postcard containing photographs and text that document a performance that took place in the previous month. Subscribe now by going to this downloadable/printable order form.
–Stinky Pinky
“240 weeks of war / acts of love” January 26, 2008 at the “Polish Triangle” in Chicago (Division/Milwaukee/Ashland). Performers: David Ortega and Britt Lower. Photo by Rio Robbins.
