These Reenactment Drawings were from back in 2002. They were the first performance based drawings I did. The goal of this project was to share the burden of history with other people. I was tired of seeing radical history only on the written page and in my mind. I wanted to have conversations with people about folks like Abbie Hoffman, the Plowshares Movement, and the feminists who took over the Rat (an underground newspaper).
(Paige Pours Her Blood on MX Missile, pencil on paper, 2002.)
(Gene Levitates the Pentagon, pencil on paper, 2002.)Meeting with people, I gave them a body of documents. First hand accounts of an event I was asking them to recreate, historians reflections on those events, and my own personal considerations of the event.
The reenactors showed up in my studio and we took photos. At the time of this project I was particular interested in the play design wise between text and image.
(Kimberly Climbs Luna To Save Ancient Redwood, Pencil on Paper, 2002.)
(Chris Shuts Down the WTO, Pencil on Paper, 2002)
(Rachel and Lize Takeover the Rat!, Pencil on Paper, 2002.)