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I think I was told at university that meaning-making, telling stories was pass\u00e9
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And it will be awesome.<\/p>\n
It will change the world.<\/p>\n
People will see truths in themselves heretofore unnoticed.<\/p>\n
It will affect people.<\/p>\n
They will laugh, cry, and make real and meaningful change for themselves, and the world.<\/p>\n
It will nourish them.<\/p>\n
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Or even just one person. But, like, profoundly.<\/p>\n
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The idea that artists have responsibility is tired and old and pass\u00e9
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#blacklivesmatter
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Stuff that\u2019s \u201cimportant\u201d<\/p>\n
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Harriet Gillies, a friend and collaborator, once said that the more experimental something is the more entertaining it should be.<\/p>\n
So if you\u2019re making a performance artwork about #resist-ing and making clear and impassioned performance art statements about feminism or racism or any other ism, then perhaps you need to shove lasers up your butt and dance or give sloppy head to long balloons or something?<\/p>\n
As a sometimes lighting designer, I\u2019m quite into this.<\/p>\n
Because even though we have all the hashtags we need to entice people into the message and to sugar the pill because performance can be SO BORING and we must also remember that a primary function of art is TO ENTERTAIN and we\u2019re competing with Game of Thrones<\/em> and Californication<\/em> and a sex and violence drenched entertainment and advertising culture so really we gotta up the ante and make people feel safe but also challenge them. As the artist I am there to ASK QUESTIONS and examine POSITIONS THAT HAVE PERHAPS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED in this world of post-truth and post-drama and post-Nazis-are-bad and post-satire and post art. I AM IMPORTANT AND DOING A JOB THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE WORLD. AND IN THE FUTURE WE WILL FEEL THIS ABOUT ARTISTS.<\/p>\nAnyway here\u2019s a dropbox link to a very nude picture of me holding a copy of Augusto Boal\u2019s\u2019 Theatre of the Oppressed<\/em> above my cock. Very NSFW, obviously. Hopefully it will make people better understand the crucial role of contemporary performance theory and praxis in whatever future we find ourselves in.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/thgdvsj66i98j4x\/Imagined%20Theatres.jpg?dl=0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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The other day I re-read some of the plays of Elfriede Jelinek.
\nThey were very good.
\nIn the future my plays will be like this, but way, way better.<\/p>\n
They will change the world and make everyone want to have sex with me.<\/p>\n
Copyright joe hooligan lui 2017<\/p>\n
Please direct all inquiries to my agent at joe underscore lui 3 at Hot mail .com<\/p>\n
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