Invitation: Closed, Project Archived

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Project: Sue Murad’s ASSEMBLE: Performance Instructions For Public Arrangement is a participatory performance that reflects on the ways we gather in public space—particularly the historic Boston Common—through the objects we bring with us or discover there. 

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Murad created a series of prompts inviting people into an embodied experience of the Common, creating a temporal micro-culture for each tour group in celebration of the right to peacefully assemble. The guided, interactive experience unfolds across the landscape, inviting participants into ephemeral arrangements shaped by memory, proximity, and shared attention.

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I had the privilege to collaborate with Sue as a thought partner and performance action facilitator, as well as joining in process research for this piece​.

ASSEMBLE is funded by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture’s UnMonument initiative, supported by a grant from the Mellon Foundation. Part of “Hidden Histories” Curated by Emerson Contemporary to make local hidden histories visible through the creation of ephemeral monuments.

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Themes:  Civic Participation​​​​​​​​​​​

 

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Collaborators: Sue Murad 

 

Format: Performance Action

 

Links: https://emersoncontemporary.org/event/sue-murad-assemble-performance-action-boston-common/