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Abstract
The result of five years of practice-based creative research focused on Nicole Garneau’s UPRISING project, Performing Revolutionary presents a number of methods for the creation of politically charged interactive public events in the style of a how-to guide. UPRISING, a series of public demonstrations in eight locations in the United States and five in Europe, involved thousands of voluntary participants who came together to create radical change through performance art. Bringing together accounts by participants, writers, theorists, artists, and activists, as well as photographs and critical essays, Performing Revolutionary offers a fresh perspective on the challenges of moving from critique to action.
Nicole Garneau is an interdisciplinary artist who makes site-specific performance and project art that is directly political, critically conscious, and community engaged.
Anne Cushwa is an independent art historian, grant writer, and editor. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Half Title | i | ||
| Copyright | ii | ||
| Title | iii | ||
| Contents | vi | ||
| Acknowledgements | xiii | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| UPRISING: Encounters with Revolutionary Unity and Beauty (An Appreciation) | 18 | ||
| Revolutionary Practice / UPRISING | 18 | ||
| Balance Weeks of War with Acts of Love. Turn That into a Working Methodology / | 25 | ||
| Interjection: Love Letter to Beets | 28 | ||
| Invite Radical Truth Telling / | 29 | ||
| Call for Volunteers. Build a Temporary Ensemble / | 33 | ||
| Claim the Title Activist / | 35 | ||
| Engage the People / | 36 | ||
| Say the Word Revolution / | 39 | ||
| Liberate Our Sexual Encounters / | 41 | ||
| Reflections on UPRISING | 44 | ||
| Occupy Public Spaces Without Permission / | 49 | ||
| Interjection: Remember That Cops Are Human Beings | 54 | ||
| Support Radicals of Color / | 57 | ||
| Honor Revolutionaries and Revolutionary History / | 59 | ||
| Feminist Art Activism and UPRISING | 61 | ||
| Envision the World in Which We Want to Live / | 68 | ||
| Sing Movement Songs / | 69 | ||
| Make Space for Children / | 72 | ||
| Let Love Help Make the Art / | 73 | ||
| Stop Caring about Whether or Not It Is Corny / | 75 | ||
| Teach! / | 77 | ||
| Ask Questions. Listen Compassionately / | 78 | ||
| Interjection: All the Questions | 80 | ||
| Respect the Earth and the Beets That Grow in Her / | 82 | ||
| Produce Beautiful Images / | 84 | ||
| Create Our Own Meaningful Ceremonies (and Then Get Called Out for Cultural Appropriation) / | 85 | ||
| Do Not Add More Events to the Calendar / | 88 | ||
| Violate Norms of Time and Space. Participate Virtually / | 90 | ||
| Give Thanks / | 91 | ||
| Bring the Shadow to Light / | 92 | ||
| Sing on Revolution Square / | 93 | ||
| Sweeten the Deal with Cookies / | 94 | ||
| Speak Bravely in Spite of Obstacles / | 95 | ||
| Give Back to the Grass Roots / | 97 | ||
| Share Queer History in Queer Spaces / | 97 | ||
| Put It on a Flag and Send It Out on the Wind / | 99 | ||
| Be Active in Service of Struggle / | 101 | ||
| Reflection on UPRISING | 103 | ||
| Remember the Guidance of Elders / | 104 | ||
| Enact the Kinds of Relationships We Want with Other People / | 104 | ||
| Revolutionize Gender / | 107 | ||
| Keep It Silent and Unobtrusive / | 109 | ||
| Facilitate Rituals of Release / | 111 | ||
| Make the Road by Walking / | 111 | ||
| Personalize the Revolution / | 115 | ||
| Reflection on UPRISING | 117 | ||
| Sew It by Hand / | 125 | ||
| Re-Enact Revolutionary History / | 126 | ||
| Understand That We Will Never Fit in O ne Box / | 127 | ||
| Construct Metaphors of Community Repair / | 130 | ||
| Recharge Hearts While Protesting Torture / | 131 | ||
| Use Your Body to Remember Murdered Bodies / | 134 | ||
| Name Your Gifts to the World / | 136 | ||
| When a Youth-Led, Liberatory, Anti-Capitalist Revolutionary Movement Starts, Join Immediately / | 137 | ||
| Leave a Trace / | 139 | ||
| Tap into Parties as Sites of Resistance / | 140 | ||
| Be the Touch You Want to Feel: Prefiguring Intimacy in a Time of Deformed Social Relations | 142 | ||
| Serve Hot Tea to Cold Strangers / | 148 | ||
| Recall Moments When You Believed the World Might Actually Change for the Better / | 149 | ||
| Offer Feathers and Poems to the Wind / | 151 | ||
| Speak Aloud the Places Where Our Clothes Were Made / | 152 | ||
| Tend the Graves of Feminist Revolutionaries / | 153 | ||
| Be a Party Trick / | 154 | ||
| Find a Shaded Spot and Listen to Stories of Economic Crisis / | 156 | ||
| Attempt Impossible Tasks / | 157 | ||
| Share Life’s Glories: Bread and Roses / | 158 | ||
| Dematerialize Performance / | 159 | ||
| Choose Honesty and Sincerity as Aesthetic and Revolutionary Strategies. Avoid Art Jargon. Speak Plainly / | 162 | ||
| Release Material Burdens. Clean Up after Ourselves / | 163 | ||
| Appendix: Where I’m From | 165 | ||
| Notes on Contributors | 169 | ||
| Bibliography | 171 | ||
| Index | 180 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |