Info on re[public] in/decency
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re[public] in/decency is an inter-arts activist initiative and creative think tank that explores the trans-national intersections between live art, social justice activism and arts-informed pedagogy.
Created in 2008 through a collaboration between two professional artists: community-based developer, theatre and performance artist Coman Poon (Toronto, Canada) and cultural worker, choreographer and performance maker Erica Mott (Chicago, USA), re[public] in/decency seeks to engage diverse audiences in our interdisciplinary work while acting as a conduit between social justice activism… Read more
The Palimpsest Project 1.3 in Toronto
A performance/lecture in defense of (re)appearance by re[public] in/decency, as part of the 2012 Free Fall Festival.
“Speed is perceived in two ways…as a causing factor of changes of culture and civilization and as an issue of (de)urbanization, which prepare the ground for new spatial objects and spaces.” -Paul Virilio, Speed and Politics
The historical palimpsest is a manuscript on parchment which has been effaced to make room for later writing,… Read more
Rere[public] in/decency Radio Interview on CIUT 89.5FM (in Toronto)
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While in Toronto for their performance at the 32nd Annual Rhubarb Festival of Contemporary Performance Erica Mott and Coman Poon were invited to CIUT 89.5FM to speak about their work as re[public] in/decency.
re[public] in/decency was interviewed on CIUT 89.5FM (in Toronto) on Sex City on Saturday, February 12, 2011 from 5-6pm (about THE PALIMPSEST PROJECT and How To Survive While in Exile) and on Evi-dance on… Read more
Erica performs with La Pocha Nostra in San Francisco
CORPO-ILICITO REMIX: THE POST HUMAN SOCIETY 6.9 by La Pocha Nostra
Saturday, January 15th, 2011 at 8pm at SOMArts in San Francisco
$10 advance donation, $12 door donation. No one turned away for lack of funds. Purchase online here.
Labeled as “the most influential Latino experimental arts troupe in the past 10 years,” La Pocha Nostra continues to surprise audiences with their shocking interactive
Erica Receives Hub14 residency in Toronto
February 20th-March 5th, Erica will be participate in a Live-In Residency at hub 14 in Toronto. There she and collaborator Coman Poon will conduct research with Toronto based artists and community groups in preparation for their latest performance installation, The Palimpsest Project.
How to Survive While in Exile at Rhubarb Fest
re[public] in/decency have been invited to perform the third incarnation of their performance installation How to Survive While in Exile. at the 32nd Annual Rhubarb Festival of Contemporary Performance in Toronto February 16th-19th.
The Victory Project
This year Erica received support from the Chicago Dancemakers Forum to create new performance work synthesizing her work with movement and objects. This project includes study and collaboration with award-winning director Sara Shelton Mann. Erica will be writing about her process in collaboration with writer and performer Justin Cabrillos as well as teaching her unique process in object manipulation and choreography (established over an extended period… Read more
Erica and Meredith Miller perform Hexes and Heroes at Links Hall
Performance in progress showing of pieces choreographed and performed by Erica Mott for the Victory Project.
Duration 35 minutes (full evening 75 minutes)
Performance will take place January 28th-29th at 8pm and 30th at 7pm , 2011 at Links Hall, Chicago.
Puppeteer and performance artists, Meredith Miller and Erica Mott present works in progress around themes of heroism and self destruction in a shared billed at Links Hall… Read more
Cowboys and Vikings
A dual channel video and performance installation containing landscape performances and interviews composed and choreographed by Erica Mott.
Installation Duration 3 hour loop video.
Performance Duration 45 minutes.
Performances in process.
While in residency at NES Artist Center in Skagastrond, Iceland, home to Iceland’s self proclaimed ‘country western king’, Erica began creating a series of landscape performances called the Cowboys and Vikings Project. Inspired by historical research on… Read more
Erica performs with La Pocha Nostra at La Curtaduria in Oaxaca, Mexico
Erica performs with La Pocha Nostra at el Museo de Ferrocarril in Oaxaca, Mexico August 13th, 2010.
In conjunction with the International Summer Performance Institute, Erica will train and perform with renowned performance artists Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Roberto SiFuentes, and Michelle Ceballos as well as ten Mexican and ten international performance artists. The culmination of the two week residency will be an evening length production including site-specific performances devised by Mexican, American,… Read more