Better Living through Bitter Melon: A Manual
A National Bitter Melon Council Publication, 2010 In 2010 the National Bitter Melon Council published its first ever book titled, Better Living through Bitter Melon: A Manual, a how-to book that touches on the flavor, the emotion, and the philosophy of Bitter Melon. Untitled from Andi Sutton on Vimeo. The manual is a combination recipe book, farmer’s almanac, Fluxus performance kit, and documentation strategy. Created with the help of a group of graphic design students from...
Read MoreWearable Gardens
A Platform2 Participatory Performance, 2011 Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA On a sunny, unseasonably warm October afternoon, nine people gathered in a circle and wrote a story. The story was of a tree seed – the sugar maple – at risk of survival due to the environmental impacts of climate change, and the possibilities of its migration north. It was a story in action and of action, told next to a 200 year old Sugar Maple at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts,...
Read MoreWhite on White (a.k.a. W.o.W. and Win!)
A Site-specific, Participatory Performance Event, 2009 Performed at the international performance festival and conference, “Staging Citizenship: Cultural Rights in the America’s”, Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics: 7th Encuentro, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia, August, 2009 Universidad Nacional de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia, August 2009 South End Studios, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 2009 Mobius Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, April 2008...
Read MoreSlow: A Public Butoh Workshop
A Platform2 Public intervention, 2010 Downtown Crossing shopping area, Boston, MA DURATION: 90 minutes Performed on March 18, 2010, Platform2 invited choreographer, Alissa Cardone, to give a public Butoh workshop outside during the lunch hour. The economy was slowing down. And through this piece, Platform2 wondered, “could we also slow down?”. Butoh, a meditative dance form developed in Japan after World War II that incorporates actions performed in hyper-slow movement. The dance form came...
Read MorePlatform2: Art and Social Engagement
Platform2 is a collective that produces public events in Boston, MA, designed to facilitate dialogue about art & social engagement. A combination of art happenings, performance, site-specific intervention and critical dialogue, these events provide a forum for imaginative dialogue about creative practice and its intersection with social, political, economic and cultural issues. Founded in 2007, Platform2 is collaboratively produced by Andi Sutton, Jane Marsching, and iKatun...
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