performed by 41 artists from 12 countries in 11 timezones

OPEN_Borders: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Inviting performers, writers and engaged world citizens to participate VIA WEB-BASED VIDEO-CONFERENCE TOOLS in a networked performance event. Participants contribute short, live, direct-address performances to a multi-lingual audience of academics, artists, performers and conference attendees. Live performances are mixed and processed with additional imagery and sound to enhance meaning and intensify aesthetic impact and are projected and amplified throughout the reception site. Don't let the economics of long distance air travel or the politics of post 9-11 border crossing prevent you from contributing to a greater understanding of performance in the Americas!

featuring LIVE Telematic PERFORMANCES BY:

Daniela Jacome Couti (México), Edlyn (México), Ursula Espino Herrero (México),

Elias Falla Martinez (México), Raul Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet (Cuba/USA/México),

Aimee Greenberg (San Diego/USA), Praba Pilar (Oakland/USA), Carla Melo (AZ/USA),

Erica Koleff & Romina Martínez (Buenos Aires /ARGENTINA), Charlotte Saenz, Georgina Valverde & FORTALEZA DE LA MUJER MAYA (Chiapas/México), Gerardo Navarro aka el Mnemonico (Tijuana/México), Patricia Maldonado, Andrew Lucas & Christian Michael

(San Diego /USA), Hector Acuña aka Frau Diamanda (Lima/PERÚ), Andrea Inocencio,

Melina Peña & Valeria Cotaimich (Barcelona/SPAIN), Synthia Payne (Santa Cruz/USA) Elizabeth Le Guin (Los Angeles/USA), KIWI (Brazil) Fabi Borges & Felipe Ribeiro

(Sao Paulo & Brasilia/ Brazil)

OPEN_Borders System created and performed by Adriene Jenik & Charley Ten
with DJ Wiseacre aka Eric Turner and Live sound and music by Saam Gabbay

Performance date: 11/21/08 5-8pm PST

OPEN_Borders is a project commissioned for:
Actions of Transfer: Women's Performance In the Americas
Presented by UCLA Center for Performance Studies
& Co-sponsored by Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics