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Review: Farah Saleh’s Gesturing Refugees

This participatory interpretive dance experience will stay with me for a long time. The piece affected me in ways I am not yet aware of; there were many subtleties in the show that participants passively accepted during the performance but were laced with meaning. For example, participants were asked to practice whistling at the start, […]

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“¡El violador eres TU!”

Sofia Cotrona reflects on the power of the viral feminist transnational performance A Rapist on Your Path. CW: rape, gender-based violence November 2019, led by the Chilean feminist collective Las Tesis, a mass of cis women, transgender women, and non-binary people poured into the streets of Santiago during the International Day against Gender Violence. Dressed […]

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Shia LaBeouf explores his artistic side from inside a lift

The actor’s foray into performance art takes a new turn, proving his commitment to the art form   Since his arrest, and much predicted breakdown, in 2014, Shia LaBeouf has made his foray into the world of performance art. First, his arrival on the red carpet of the Nymphomaniac premiere with his head covered with […]