First Assignment
First Assignment is a long-form video-performance for which I have “embedded” as “media” and followed a group of US servicewomen in training (The National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California), deployment (Jalalabad, Afghanistan), and after their return home (Fort Hood, Texas). The project investigates the role of war reportage and the doctrine of counter-insurgency through the experiences of young servicewomen and the language of renowned journalists of war. Throughout the project’s trajectory I have created text, installation, video, and performance work – linked below. Select venues which have featured this work include: The Velaslavasay Panorama Theater, Workspace, Sea & Space Explorations, &Now Conference of Innovative Literature and Art, Art as Social Practice Conference at UC-Santa Cruz, Angels Gate Cultural Center, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, and Dan Graham Gallery, in Southern California. For more information please visit the First Assignment website: www.first-assignment.com
We Are Mired In Clouds, 2010, video, 6’35 minutes, color and audio.
The Making of Americans, 2008, video, 2’30 minutes, color and audio.
From JBAD: Lessons Learned, book launch and performance presentation at The Velaslavasay Panorama Theater, August 2009.
From JBAD: Lessons Learned, Les Figues Press, 2009, spiral-bound, 80pages, ed. of 100
Knees and Votes, 2008, interactive performance, 7’00 min.
Coverlands, 2009, installation, Workspace Gallery, Los Angeles.
The Space Between Presidents, performance part of The Washington Boulevard Concert, November 2009.
What Does WAR Stand For?, 2008, text piece for GLARE Quarterly.