Michelle Ellsworth
The
Objectification
of Things
The Objectification of Things is part performance art, part ritual and part techno extravaganza. Co-commissioned by Miami Dade College, its purpose is to illuminate the importance and impact mere objects have in our lives and to give something back to them. 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. Ellsworth is an engaging performer, fusing written text, music, built sculptures, projected images with video installations and other technology.
“She’s brilliantly neurotic and writes text that is as pungent
and funny to hear as it is to see delivered..”
– Ann Murphy, The Oakland Tribune
The Objectification of Things is a National Performance Network Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Miami Dade College, Cultural Affairs, DiverseWorks, in Houston, Texas, and the National Performance Network. Major contributers to the National Performance Network are the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org