01. The Baiji's Last Swim
June 19, 2013 at Dusk on the Allegheny River with Mimi Jong, Stacey Kranick and The Drift
From Pittsburgh Performance Actions Series 2013 - 2014
The last swim of the last Chinese river dolphin before going extinct, with an improvised live requiem on the erhu and a dolphin of pure light.
02. The Baiji's Last Swim
From TRANSLATIONS at The New Hazlett Theater: a one-hour performance in six acts that re-interpreted public space performances for the theater. Friday December 12, 2014. Pittsburgh, PA
The last swim of the last Chinese river dolphin before going extinct, with Mimi Jong on erhu.
03. This Land is Your Land
September 21, 2013 at the Gold Room for the County Council Meeting at the Allegheny County Courthouse
From Pittsburgh Performance Actions 2013-2014
To connect to the hearts of the County Council members who were voting to frack the county parks, I sang 'This Land is Your Land' as my three-minutes of public comments.
04. Self Portrait As BIRD-BAT-BEAST
September 13, 2014
from Pittsburgh Performance Actions 2013-2014
Drawing as Performance / Performance as Drawing. I create drawings in public and private spaces in response to a text being read or a specific site. Drawings are later finished in my studio.
05. Self Portrait as BIRD-BAT-BEAST
From TRANSLATIONS at the New Hazlett Theater
Christina Lee performing as myself, The Artist, who drew on a large canvas for the entire hour of the performance.
06. Self Portrait As BAT-BIRD-BEAST
Chalk and charcoal on canvas, gesso, 68" x 48", 2015
07. Slow Manifesto
October 1, 2014 - October 1, 2015 on street corners in my neighborhood
from Pittsburgh Performance Actions 2013-2014
I am writing a manifesto slowly on a piece of slate that hangs around my neck. Each morning before work for an entire year I write the next letter of this statement
08. The Never-Ending Book of Women's Rights: Introduction to the Book
colored pencil and acrylic paint on 9 pieces of slate; 11" x 8" each, approximately; 2014
Exhibited at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts / Solo Exhibition: Women in Time / February 7- April 30, 2014
09. The Never-Ending Book of Women's Rights: Chapter 2
colored pencil on 2 pieces of slate; 10" x 7" each, approximately; 2014
The first two names in the book are Lucy (for Lucy Lippard and every Lucy in the world), and Nancy (for Nancy Spero and every Nancy in the world); two women who have significantly contributed to my understanding of feminism.
10. The Never-Ending Book of Women's Rights: Chapter 6
Marble, tape, google eyes, and paper, 6" x 2" x1/2", 2014
THE SLOW PHONE allows communication with your maternal ancestors through a deliberate process of slowing down with the phone to your ear.
11. First Place Woman: Short Animation
1:30 sound and color, 2014
Created for 'The Never-Ending Book of Women's Rights' while making a series of artwork titled 'First Place Woman'
12. TRANSLATIONS
A One-Hour Performance in Six Acts New Hazlett Theater Pittsburgh, PA
As part of the CSA Performing Arts Series 2014-2015
December 12, 2014
With Mimi Jong, Jil Stifel, Jasmine Hearn, Ricardo Iamuuri, Scott Andrew, Joanna Reed, Tessa Barber, Christina Lee, Gia Cacalano, Oreen Cohen, Kylan Bjornson, Anqwenique Wingfield, Natalya Pinchuk & Dana Sperry, Harrison Apple & Dani Lamorte, and Ji young Nam
Lighting Design by Mark Bailey
Created and Directed by Jennifer Nagle Myers
TRANSLATIONS is a one-hour performance that translates site-specific performances created by Myers during 2013-2014 in public spaces throughout Pittsburgh. This retelling is a new adaptation for stage, inspired by Pittsburgh and the complex stories of our region and world.
Camera and sound: Ivette Spradlin