The Sea Has The Last Word - Performance 2024
Documentation of the dress rehearsal, performance and participatory experience of Blued Trees in NYC; The Sea Will Have the Last Word, Anita Rogers Gallery, New York, NY, October 2024 (full play time of video: 19:58).
Excerpt 1 (9:08-11:08)
Before this first segment cued, I invited my audience to judge the liability of the wife of a fossil fuel executive accused of ecocide before a dancer portrays carrying the burden of dead forests symbolizing liabilities for ecocide.
Excerpt 2 (11:56-12:56)
After the second segment, audience members and expert witnesses testify about liabilities before voting days before the 2024 American presidential election, illustrating the complexity of human relationships that enable ecocide and reflect global policies.