Sat 7/27 @ 2 – 6pm
Performance artist Susan Byrnes has created an interactive performance to share with our fine city. Mending Is Better Than Ending – Cleveland Revival includes an audio tour of participants’ favorite places in Cle.
About: Cleveland Revival responds to the difficulties the city faced during the economic recession, especially with regard to the housing crisis. This project celebrates urban revitalization by collecting and retelling personal stories about people’s affection for the place they live.
For the performance on Saturday July 27 participants will enter a glowing tent covered with a large, meandering topographic drawing of Cleveland. They will be invited to use calligraphy pens on large sheets of paper to draw and write descriptions in response to specific questions about how they view Cleveland as the place they call home and then hang them inside, so that the inside slowly becomes populated with the images created by visitors. These images will be scanned and posted on the project website.
While inside the tent, visitors can view a video and the images hanging on the tent walls. They will also have the option to conduct a brief recorded interview with Byrnes to “testify” for Cleveland which will then be added to the audio track accessible by telephone. Everyone of ALL AGES is invited to come and play a role in this project that explores the idea of connection to place, including one’s own participation in a place’s vitality, and faith in its future.
Held at the Sculpture Center.