Performance Open 1997Performance Open 1997
Jack Bowman of Piqua, OH uses Uncle Woody, an automaton that tallies votes as people walk to the left or right, to question our political system and the right to burn the American flag.
The performance group, Powderkeg, of Seattle tells the story of a tribesman's surreal vision of a Catholic funeral in their piece Exigent Graduation.
Luis Valenzuela of Providencia, Chile performs Mercury From The Sky, a spiritual and sacrifricial ritual and audience participatory piece.
Dziga Vertov of Madison, Wisconsin present a collaborative work, The Land Within, that compares the Chinese and Jewish cultures through movement, sound and video.