DOMINGO 18 DE NOVIEMBRE

State Historic Park
1245 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
(former site of Not A Cornfield)

16:00

SIN TÍTULO (PARA PEQUEÑO ENSEMBLE)

ULTRA-RED

Fundado en 1994 por dos activistas de la problemática del SIDA, el colectivo sonoro y de arte Ultra-red ocupa la frontera entre el arte y la construcción política. Sus miembros trabajan en varios movimientos sociales en Los Angeles y el extranjero, produciendo programas de radio, performances, grabaciones, instalaciones y escritos teóricos. Para el work in progress “Untitled (for a Small Ensemble)” [Sin título (para pequeño ensemble)], Ultra-red retoma su serie de performances de referencia SILENT|LISTEN [Silencio|Escucha] (2005-2006), por medio de la cual invitó a público de toda América del Norte a ingresar opiniones y declaraciones al registro [record] de la actual crisis del SIDA. Los miembros del colectivo Taisha Paggett (coreografía), Dont Rhine (dirección de arte) y Robert Sember (libreto) formularon un análisis de ese registro. La estética de “Untitled” es indisociable de la forma de la organización política de base, y con ella se espera producir una intervención de gran escala en el espacio público (lo que el grupo llama Operaction [Operacción]). La obra experimental “Untitled” fue desarrollada en estrecha colaboración con el capítulo angelino del Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project [Proyecto de Movilización de la Comunidad con HIV/SIDA] (CHAMP).

Ultra-red te invita…

Organize the silence.

AIDS where is your rage . . . I am confused . . . I heard something very disturbing on the news . . . I'm frustrated grieved disappointed overwhelmed saddened by the silence that still exists in our communities . . . And still to this day I'm baffled by that . . . When I listened to the silence I heard behind it an anger . . . Tired of being stigmatized . . . AIDS where is your rage . . .

This is a rehearsal. This is a performance without audience. Only actors. This is an experiment in occupying public space for a brief moment. This is a chance to see each other, to hear our collective voice, to dance together, to feel what it is like to walk together.

This is a chance to come together around similar concerns. HIV prevention in prison. Human rights of prisoners. Sentencing reform. This is a space to organize our affinity.

This is a space that makes of us new demands. The chants we will use are quotes from testimonies by AIDS activists across North America—simple statements of how people feel about the AIDS crisis today. How might we imagine these declarations as the basis of new ways of organizing ourselves to end the AIDS crisis? How might we organize the silence?

Assemble at Park's east end at 4:00 PM
Begin precisely at 4:30 PM

Wear comfortable walking shoes & jacket.
This public space occupation has been
permitted by the LA Parks Department.
For more info email: info@ultrared.org

This untitled performance for small ensemble is organized by the activist art collective Ultra-red and CHAMP (Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project) with support from Farmlab and TRÁNSITOry PÚBLICO.

U L T R A - R E D
PO Box 291578
Los Angeles, CA 90029 USA

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