re[public] in/decency

re[public] in/decency

re[public] in/decency

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

The Palimpsest Project

Over the course of a month, re[public] in/decency, in collaboration with dressmaker and visual artist Kristin Mariani, embarked on an integrated arts-based investigation of the relationship between personal and collective memory entitled The Palimpsest Project, as resident artists of SPOKE Gallery, Chicago.

April 26-May 23, 2010 at SPOKE, Chicago. Upcoming performance research to take place at hub14, Toronto February 21st-March 5th, 2011.

re[public] in/decency’s inspiration for building an … Read more


How to Survive While in Exile

How to Survive While in Exile

re[public] in/decency’s How to Survive While in Exile explores the physical, psycho-emotional, political and conceptual manifestations of “being in exile”.

Duration 60 minutes, excerpted version 30 minutes.

How to Survive While in Exile premiered on January 17 & 18, 2009 at Links Hall, Chicago and has since been re-envisioned and performed at performances festivals and academic conferences including Radical Intersections: A conference bridging activism and performance practices at Northwestern University, … Read more