Performative Validations
Video series, 2016.
In collaboration with Emily Martinez as Anxious to Make.
Description
Anxious to Make’s Performative Validations are a series of commissioned video performances from the gig-economy platform, Fiverr.com, in which for-hire spokespeople perform scripts written by Anxious to Make that specifically address artists’ common existential anxieties. Not unlike therapy, these solutions have the added value of providing accountability, motivation, and moral support. The series includes a Performative Validation for Working with Unfamiliar Materials for artists working outside their mediums of choice; a Performative Removal for Creative Block for stuck artists; and a Performance to Externalize Distrust for artists experiencing a growing sense of distrust in the systems that govern their lives, careers, communities, nations, and/or planet.
Exhibitions + Screenings
“Anxious to Make,” Unrequited Leisure, Nashville, TN. Jan 4 - Feb 2 2020.
“The 60 Second Film Festival - San Francisco,” Marina Theatre, San Francisco, CA. May 17, 2019.
“nervous.online,” The Wrong Biennale (online). Nov 1 2017 - Jan 31, 2018.
“Precarious Life 2.0,” The Luminary, St. Louis, MO. Jun 24 - July 15 2017.
“Side Gig: Anxious To Make,” B4BEL4B, Oakland, CA. Nov 19 - Dec 15 2016..
Press
For the script + suggestions for commissioning your own performative validation, see here >>
For the script + suggestions for commissioning your own performative removal, see here >>
For the script + suggestions for commissioning your own performative externalization, see here >>