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​CULTURAL & COMMUNITY  INTERACTIONS
​Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art Cultural Exchange and Exhibition China
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Community interactions are integral to exploring the intersections of social practice art with social change across the two cultures. Spearheaded by delegate Sandra Mueller with support from a team of talented producers and translators, the diverse offerings include a collaborative art making session with Alli Berman and a participatory ritual with Sherri Cornett and Sandra Mueller to place golden fabric markers, begun by WCA members, inside their “Points of Connection” dome. Mann and Chan will offer a “People’s Microphone” session and Louder than Words will have a short presentation to call attention to the roles that women and men can play to end gender violence, a global phenomena that is addressed in multiple artworks in the exhibition as well as in a catalogue essay. Additional formal and informal events including an opening reception with official remarks as well as informal artist exchanges will be offered. ​
Common Threads: Intersections in Line and Time — A Durational Performance
Alli Berman 


“Common Threads” is a performative installation that takes place over time. It begins with Berman adding color and line to four inch interlocking squares that were then hand colored by WCA members in Chicago and later cut into quarters. During the cultural exchange in Shenyang, participants will add their own vibrant colors to create a communal quilt of 1,200 squares that connect to one another, yet can be viewed on their own. They will sit atop a base of hand-sewn, ripped paper on the gallery wall where some stitches are seen clearly while others are covered over — akin to how women’s work still “holds up half the sky” even when it recedes from sight. 
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Journey Markers — Participatory Ritual 
Sherri Cornett and Sandra Mueller 


The “Points of Connection” participatory installation invites reflection and creative exchange. Cornett and Mueller will ritually place 100 golden markers created by WCA members to initiate connections with Chinese artists. Sitting quietly inside the dome, participants can simply hold the soft cloth marker, add a drawing or phrase or start a new marker. The Journey Markers are symbolic of the many modes and points of connection it takes for women across the globe to “Hold Up Half the Sky." 
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People’s Microphone Session 
Elana Mann and Audrey Chan 


Artists Elana Mann and Audrey Chan will lead a bi-lingual (English and Mandarin) call-and-response People's Microphone session based on their Myths of Rape (2012) performance to bring awareness to issues around rape and sexual assault. The myths and facts about rape address commonly-held preconceptions and misconceptions about rape in the context of society, rela- tionships, and global conflicts. 
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These Walls Can Talk Presentation 
S.A. Bachman and Neda Moridpour 


Women are more likely to be brutalized or die from male violence than from cancer, accidents, and war combined. LOUDER THAN WORDS’ installation addresses domes- tic abuse and alludes to domestic space by the juxtapo- sition of wallpaper, photographs, and a TV screen. The wallpaper design incorporates a number of common objects that are frequently used to inflict injury: fists, knives, belts and more. Conversely, the TV presents men reciting Jackson Katz’s 10 Things Men Can Do To Prevent Gender Violence. 
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© 2011 Sherri Cornett
  • HOME
  • WORKS
    • ANCESTRESSES & WISE WOMEN
    • CHRYSALIS
    • COLLABORATIONS
    • FREEDOM SERIES
    • GROTTOES
    • LENS BASED ART
    • PUBLIC ART
    • SEAFORMS
    • SHELTERS
  • PROJECTS
    • UNITAS youth art and leadership
    • COMMUNITY GROVE
    • CONVERSATIONS AMONG WOMEN
    • FLOW Interactive Exhibition and Community Project >
      • EXHIBITION Flow
      • VOICES OF THE RIVER SYMPOSIUM Flow
      • MIXING OIL and WATER Film Night and Discussion Flow
      • WORDS ON WATER: POETRY AND JAZZ IN CONCERT Flow
      • LIVING IN HARMONY ON THE YELLOWSTONE Flow
      • YOUTH OUTREACH Flow
      • READING AREAS MSUBillings Library Flow
      • YELLOWSTONE RIVER CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ANALYSIS Flow
      • MORE TO EXPLORE Flow
      • PRESS KIT Flow
    • FOOD and CULTURE HUB East Helena
    • FOR FREEDOMS Billings >
      • FOR FREEDOMS Billings 2018 Partners and Presenters
    • THE 2020 AWAKENING BILLINGS For Freedoms 2020 >
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS Robert Hall on Blood Quantum
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS Indigenous Voices Films and Filmmakers Panel
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS MMIP Community Gathering
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS REDRess Exhibit
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS Seeing Patterns Exhibition
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS Related Events
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS Partners and Presenters
    • POINTS OF MANY CONNECTIONS
    • WHAT IS IT ABOUT MY MEMORY >
      • MEMORY CARDS What Is It About My Memory
      • SOMAS What Is It About My Memory
      • EXHIBITIONS What Is It About My Memory
    • ALTITUDE 3123 >
      • EVENTS Altitude 3123
  • CURATORIAL
    • CHINA Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang 2014 >
      • ART & ARTISTS/CHINA Half the Sky
      • ART & ARTISTS/US Half the Sky
      • CULTURAL and COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS
      • DELEGATES
      • ESSAYS & ESSAYISTS
      • BLOG Half the Sky
      • TASKS, TEAMS & TIMELINES
    • GUTFREUND CORNETT ART
    • MATRIXXMODULATION Jon Lodge
    • PLANNED PARENTHOOD A Celebration of Expression: An Evening of Wine, Women and Art
    • SOUTH KOREA Woman Body Seoul and Gwangju 2012
    • WOMEN DO IT! Traveling Postcard Exhibition >
      • WOMEN DO IT Gallery
    • UNDOCUMENTED Difference in America Today
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