Artist in Residency
Michelle Ellsworth - The Objectification of Things
Miami Residency
Before any performance is ready for the stage, artists need
time, money and space to create their work. This year, Miami Dade
College will work with performance artist, choreographer and writer
Michelle Ellsworth by providing commissioning support for her
performance of The Objectification of Things.
The Objectification of Things will have its premiere in Miami
as part of the 2008-09 Cultura del Lobo Performance Series. It
is part performance art, part ritual and part techno extravaganza,
and its purpose is to illuminate the importance and impact mere
objects have in our lives. Too often “things” are dismissed as soulless
or inanimate. To these familiar charges, Ellsworth reminds
us that no person or animal has the reliability and predictability of
most objects.