Theater
Brooklyn Bred: Jennifer Miller
- 7:30PM
Curated by Martha Wilson
My Show:
A grand extravaganza, a theatrical spectacle of the popular, the
postmodern, and the perverse. Jugglers, acrobats, drag queens, and
postmodern dancers—including pioneer Steve Paxton—weave a
gender-queer tale in which the fate of the nation and the survival
of the city hang in the balance.
Sights and Sounds:
Audiences will hear the beautiful blasting sounds of brass and
accordions; sense danger around the corner and utopia lurking in
the shadows; touch their own fabulousness; smell sweaty bodies; see
sequins, high heels, and the police state crumble; feel their
brains churning.
My art is inspired by:
Ringling Brothers, Great Small Works, Reza Abdoh, Judith
Halberstam, Cathy Weis, Jenny Monsoon, Charles Ludlum, Ethyl
Eichelberger, Flotilla Debarge, Tom Murrin, the horrors of late
capitalism, Dr. Vaginal Davis, Bread and Puppet theater, Occupy
Wall Street, the successes of Domestic Workers United, the Milk Not
Jails campaign, the sound of the ocean, the starry night,
revenge.
Performance art in 2012 means:
To quote the late, great Tom Murrin: “Performance is anything done
with purpose and style.”
I most want my art to:
Smash the state, entertain, give me a break and leave me alone,
refresh the spirit, unlock the mind.
Theater forces us to confront:
Our addiction to email. Turn those smart phones off.
Martha Wilson is a feminist performance artist who explores female subjectivity through role-playing, costume transformation, and impersonating other people.
Jennifer Miller is a playwright, performer, and the director and founder of Circus Amok, New York's only one-ring, no-animal, queerly situated political circus spectacular.