eggs of no hope
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it is 2011. i have recently performed
chicken on political land,
a symbolic gesture in memory of the police violence at the 2010 G20 protests. we are still in 2011.
the Conservatives are threatening to take power. i feel powerless and i decide for a poetic action.
i go "lay" eggs in front of the doors of my neighbours on Landsdwone Ave before the ontario elections.
on each egg, there is a sentence i write asking to not vote for the Conservatives. then, i continue
being a polite chicken laying eggs and this time, i do it around City Hall. my messages are for (against) Rob Ford. |
hopes that my art would ripple towards systemic changeshame flag radio equals |
"shame flag" was a performance-speech at the Toronto Pride Trans march; one volunteer accepted to
carry my flag during the march and to repeat my speech somewhere else (2012) "radio equals" et "landsgemeinde" were conceived to try to spark some systemic change. i discovered that intents realized in an art container (festival, art space, commission) were perceived as experiences to take in and reflect on, not as sparks towards action. i was so naive |