provisions for buoyancy

Calling for people to participate in  a performance action!  on SUNDAY, AUGUST 20th from 1PM to 3PM JOIN ME BY CARRYING A PROVISION FOR BUOYANCY  WHILE WALKING THROUGH A PART OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL  THAT WOULD BE FLOODED WITH SEA LEVEL RISE!    For those who have your own life jacket, life ring, inner tube, body board, or any other flotation device, please bring it along. And for those withou t, Tidal Basin Paddle Boats has generously offered to lend life jackets to 10 participants! As thanks for participating, ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY 5x7 PHOTOGRAPH documenting the performance action, which will be mailed out after the documentation has been sorted and selections printed. Participants are encouraged to dress comfortably and wear walking shoes. We will be walking at our own pace as a group and taking regular breaks. Light snacks will be provided. Please message me directly for more informa...

On Monday, July 31 , I walked around East Potomac Park in Washington, DC carrying a body board I made out of salvaged materials.   There had been heavy rains in the region on Friday and Saturday accompanied by flash flood warnings. Though I'm not sure there had been any incidents of flash flooding over the weekend.  Nonetheless, I was surprised to encounter this degree of flooding while walking along the paved footpath extending around the perimeter of East Potomac Park.    At this location, the water was over my knees, midway up my thighs and was definitely going to get deeper.  If the water was cleaner I would have swam along the footpath... Performance Documentation by Susanna Lee @soozlee

One Year and Twenty Four Days of Fishing (2010-11), Katie Kehoe , a performance action for which I carried a fishing rod and wore rubber boots everywhere for over a year On Thursday, June 22 from 7-10pm I'm giving a Performance as Social Practice Workshop @VisArts!  After a brief introduction on performance art, we’ll explore in more detail how performance art translates into a social practice – focusing specifically on the relational stream of performance art. We’ll discuss how the following considerations help to shape the social experience and influence the degree to which participants are invested in a piece: defining your audience, forms of participation, awareness of site, duration, presence and safety. We’ll also discuss the importance of documentation and consider different methods for documenting this art form. Please wear comfortable clothes. Follow this link to sign up: https://www.visartscenter.org/more/event/performanc...