White on White (a.k.a. W.o.W. and Win!)

White on White (a.k.a. W.o.W. and Win!)

A Site-specific, Participatory Performance Event, 2009 Performed at the international performance festival and conference, “Staging Citizenship: Cultural Rights in the America’s”, Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics: 7th Encuentro, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia, August, 2009 Universidad Nacional de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia, August 2009 South End Studios, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 2009 Mobius Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, April 2008...

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The National Bitter Melon Council Mascot

The National Bitter Melon Council Mascot

A National Bitter Melon Council Participatory Public Intervention,  (2006 – present)  The Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, MA The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN The Boston Metro Area (various locations)     During the Topsfield fair (pictured), we traveled fairgrounds as the National Bitter Melon Council Mascot. There, we were observing and understanding the particular culture of the oldest agricultural fair in the USA, disguising ourselves as a friendly mascot for an...

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The NBMC Enters/Exits Wikipedia

The NBMC Enters/Exits Wikipedia

The NBMC Enters/Exits Wikipedia A National Bitter Melon Council Internet Intervention, 2008 www.wikipedia.org In this performance, the National Bitter Melon Council inserted a biography page about itself and the definition of BitterMelon as a vegetable and an artistic medium. As a result of this intervention, the National Bitter Melon Council page and our definition of Bitter Melon was deleted two days after they were uploaded to the WIkipedia site.  Pictured is documentation of the...

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The National Bitter Melon Council Educational Exhibit

The National Bitter Melon Council Educational Exhibit

A National Bitter Melon Council Participatory Public Intervention, 2006 The Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, MA, USA The National Bitter Melon Council Educational Exhibit was installed in the Fruit and Vegetable Barn as part of the Educational Exhibit Competition at the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, MA.  The Topsfield Fair, founded in 1818, is the oldest agriculture fair in the United States. Agriculture fairs have a history of competitive harvest and livestock events.  The Educational...

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The National Bitter Melon Council

The National Bitter Melon Council

The National Bitter Melon Council (NBMC) is a social experiment that uses the form and concept of performance art as a research method and model for community development.  Our dialogue-based artistic collaborations involve participation and co-authorship of the public. A project and collective developed by Hiroko Kikuchi, Jeremy Liu, and Andi Sutton, with the additional collaboration of Misa Saburi from 2008 – 2011, the NBMC is devoted to the cultivation of a vibrant, diverse...

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