"Wide range of work = Excellent!
"63 in '08" seemed very heartwrenching for me - the transparency ON WINDOW with tiny black text of deaths (so how come so many in Dorchester??) yet, as you read the names my eyes also took in the flowering shrubs outside and the beautiful blue flowers. Why is it like this?"

The Politics of Shoes BLOG

The definition of "politics" (source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary):
1 a: the art or science of government b: the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy c: the art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a government
2: political actions, practices, or policies
3 a: political affairs or business ; especially : competition between competing interest groups or individuals for power and leadership (as in a government) b: political life especially as a principal activity or profession c: political activities characterized by artful and often dishonest practices
4: the political opinions or sympathies of a person
5 a: the total complex of relations between people living in society b: relations or conduct in a particular area of experience especially as seen or dealt with from a political point of view

with Installations by
David Chin (Winston-Salem) - photography
Milan Kohout (MAG) - photography
Sam Tan- mixed media installation and variation
Burns Maxey (MAG) & Maggie Nowinski - video installation
Karen Aqua & Jane Wang (MAG) - felt-tip on canvas shoes and wire/mixed media
John Murphree - audience participatory sound installation
Gwen Murphy - small wall sculpture
Lauren McCarthy - small sculpture which may be worn
Leigh Waldron-Taylor - mixed media installation
Ival Stratford-Kovner (CT) - mixed media installation
J. Ellis Coleman (MAG)- mixed media installation
Scott Rummler - xeroxed paper collage
Rosemary Banach - graffiti chalk writing (outdoors)
Jane Wang (MAG) - giant red ruby shoe wire installation (outdoors)
Anne Stanner (NYC) - welded shoe installation
Chuck Chaney - natural shoes, result of performance
Karen Klein - mixed media and hand-carved cedar
El Putnam (MAG) - paper and mixed media

Kate Hanrahan (Brooklyn) - mixed media installation
- unfortunately we only have a photo of this piece from May 26th on

and Site-specific Performances
MC: David Chin (all three evenings)
+ = participatory performance with work created by artist;
will be in program either SUNDAY and/or MONDAY evenings with varied instructions

SATURDAY MAY 23RD, 2009 - @7PM*

Joshua Kent (Chicago) - durational performance
and
Rosemary Banach - graffiti chalk writing (*starts before 7PM, outdoors)
Milan Kohout (MAG) - participatory action
Chuck Chaney - performance art
Liz Roncka (MAG)/Haggai Cohen Milo - improvised movement/double bass
El Putnam (MAG) - durational performance leading to installation

SUNDAY MAY 24TH, 2009 - @7PM

Shana Robbins (Atlanta) - performance with tree installation
and
Liz Roncka (MAG)/Haggai Cohen Milo - improvised movement/double bass
Ellen Godena (MAG) - butoh with Red Robot (possibly outdoors)
Kira Seamon/Matt Samolis - ballet, dance/live music
DeAnna Pellecchia/Matt Samolis - dance/live music
Milan Kohout (MAG) - participatory action
El Putnam (MAG) - durational performance leading to installation
+John Murphree - participatory action with installation
+Scott Rummler - participatory action/performance
+Karen Klein - participatory action/performance with installation

MONDAY MAY 25TH, 2009 - @7PM

Sam Tan - durational installation performance
and
Jennifer Hicks (MAG)/Matt Samolis - butoh/live music
Ellen Godena (MAG) - butoh with White Robot and Joleen Westerdale
Jane Wang - moving sound meditation on Sam Tan's "63 in '08"
Karen Krolak with Jason - dance with performance art
Milan Kohout (MAG) - participatory action
El Putnam (MAG) - durational performance leading to installation
+John Murphree - participatory action with installation
+Scott Rummler - participatory action/performance
+Karen Klein - participatory action/performance with installation