John Giorno Octopus Series
Performance
- Neilma Sydney Theatre
- November 10 | 7pm
Thank God For Abortion presents: “They Live”
A live studio audience/ live-streamed abortion broadcast abortion talk and abortion variety show, come enjoy the finest in post-born infotainment.
With extra special guests:
Pauli Cakes
Founder of xCakesNyc, Community builder, DJ, lover, and artist
Morgan Cousins
Planned Parenthood Community Organizer, Region 1
Viva Ruiz
Thank God For Abortion
Christopher Udemezue aka Neon Christina
Artist, Activist, and founder of RAGGA NYC
Chelsea Williams-Diggs
Interim Executive Director, New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF)
Dance Embodiment: Megan Curet
Dancer, choreographer, educator, Ph.D. candidate community organizer, and movement facilitator
Song Embodiment: Michael Love Michael
Musician, writer, artist, lightworker
At the conclusion of the program visitors will leave the space in a performative enactment ushered by Ruiz as an ejection rhyming with abortion itself.
Beanbags, Mocktails, recuerdos, and K95 masks provided
Using the Octopus’s decentralized nervous system as an inspiration for Performance Space New York’s curatorial practice, the John Giorno Octopus Series invites artists and guest curators to organize an evening-length program with several artists working in any number of disciplines. The series is named after legendary performance poet, John Giorno, and continues Performance Space’s legacy of artist-centric programming and creating space for risk-taking.
Photos by Maria Baranova
