Tag Archives: history

Esther Shalev-Gerz

Over three decades Esther Shalev-Gerz has consistently performed a process of unravelling particularities in order to reflect on the ways in which the generalities of history and memory are constructed. Working with a specific place, a certain moment in history, an urgent question, or a shared experience that resonates through history, Shalev-Gerz mines the personal [...]

Anna Deavere Smith

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Anna Deveare Smith’s innovative work overlaps multiple genres; her one-woman performances interweave elements drawn verbatim from journalistic interviews she conducts on topics such as immigration, racial tension, domestic violence, and health care.
Links:
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/anna_deavere_smith/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Deavere_Smith
http://www.americanprogress.org/pressroom/releases/2009/04/anna_deveare_smith.html