FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE please forward far and wide
On Wednesday, August 6 The Rotunda will host consuming culture: a story of halves and have-nots – a multi-media performance of gastronomical proportions!
We live in a time when access to food rests on the power of imbalance. Governments spar with their people and each other as the global climate shifts, fueling violent struggle all over the world, and the collapse of our culinary traditions.
Join Anna Whitehead and Michelle Posadas from Philadelphia as they host an evening of theatre, song, shadow puppetry and antics.
These are the musings of two half-breeds confronting their own oppressor/oppressed identities over coffee table conversations, milk chugging, and a giant refrigerator. As they navigate the rising waters of the global food crisis, the audience is encouraged to consider all of our roles in the current food epidemic and possible steps toward change.
The show begins at 7:30 pm, and audience members are encouraged to bring a dish to share, or $5-$15 sliding scale.
Bon Appetite!
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Make sure to turn up for the after-party that Friday the 8th as well! To be held at the Fancy House, at 50th and Baltimore Ave in West Philadelphia, featuring DJ Buzzard Beatz and Pre Columbian, spinning all your favorite female MC’s, funky do moro, early ’90s hiphop and latin pop! Show up ready to break it down and give up $5 for the Critical Resistance 10 Year Anniversary, to be held Sept 26-28 in Oakland, CA.
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Think you might miss consuming culture in Philly? Show up for one of our performances on the road — and tell your friends!
August 17 — Lubber Run, Arlington, VA
August 18 — Durham, NC
August 19 — Atlanta, GA
August 20 — New Orleans, Louisiana
August 26 — PLAYspace, San Francisco, CA
Anna Whitehead
Anna Whitehead is a writer, painter, and performer who occupies most of her time making music under the guise of Jailbird Thunderheart. She has worked as a teaching artist for the past two years, assisting youth and adults in the puppet and mural arts, co-organizing community parades, and building and playing musical instruments. In the past year she has collaborated with over twenty other artists on four separate performances addressing issues of gentrification, ownership, immigration, history, and female sexuality, and continues to find inspiration in collaboration and public spectacle. She is looking forward to the next step in her life – her big move from the east to the west coast to attend California College of the Arts and work toward her masters in social practice and visual criticism.
*Michelle Posadas *
With the idea that telling stories through creating images is a vital part of social change movements, *Michelle Posadas*’ current work examines how our personal stories connect to larger issues. Her most recent performances celebrate the history of resistance movements in the Philippines in light of the current political climate and woven in between her own family narrative. A fluid practice in her art-making is creating work that directly responds to issues; previous examples are the War in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. She is a storyteller and teacher that brings communities together in collective art making. *Posadas* is multimedia artist and performer that combines her skills as a visual artist, sculptor, puppeteer, parade-maker, designer, photographer and videographer. She is actively moving towards art making that engages with organizations and becomes a part of activist campaigns.
