All for Free (Free for All?)
An Interactive Performance Installation, 2008 Contaminate II Performance Festival, Midway Studios, Fort Point, Boston, MA Duration: 4.5 Hours All for Free (Free for All?) was a collaborative, site-specific, durational performance. Dressed in men’s suits and heavily made-up, I, in collaboration with Catherine D’Ignazio, presented identically packaged goods – all acquired for free – to the public while smiling continuously. In this piece, D’Ignazio and I were exploring the question of...
Read MoreThe National Bitter Melon Council Educational Exhibit
A National Bitter Melon Council Participatory Public Intervention, 2006 The Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, MA, USA The National Bitter Melon Council Educational Exhibit was installed in the Fruit and Vegetable Barn as part of the Educational Exhibit Competition at the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, MA. The Topsfield Fair, founded in 1818, is the oldest agriculture fair in the United States. Agriculture fairs have a history of competitive harvest and livestock events. The Educational...
Read MoreThe National Bitter Melon Council
The National Bitter Melon Council (NBMC) is a social experiment that uses the form and concept of performance art as a research method and model for community development. Our dialogue-based artistic collaborations involve participation and co-authorship of the public. A project and collective developed by Hiroko Kikuchi, Jeremy Liu, and Andi Sutton, with the additional collaboration of Misa Saburi from 2008 – 2011, the NBMC is devoted to the cultivation of a vibrant, diverse...
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