A whole new kind of thing. Plus, BBQ.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 02:00PM Hey, friends and fans of Nebunele!
Nebunele's next project is something unlike anything we've done before. I want to tell you about it, and then I want to tell you about the awesome, chill fundraiser we're holding on Father's day. If you get bored of this blog post (I do tend to go on), go look at our special website about it! http://shameproject.org. There's a gallery page there with pretty pictures of what we're making. And for the impatient who like to party and want to skip to that part, here's the BBQ announcement.
The Shame Project grew out of a personal project I've conducted for a few years at Burning Man. I wear light-colored clothes and carry sharpies, and I walk around at the festival asking people to give me some of their shame. They'll write it on my clothing, and then at the end of the week, the shame-covered clothes are burned in the temple, one of the big cathartic burns at the end of the festival.
The project has led to some fascinating conversations about human insufficiency. Nearly everyone has something to contribute--a failing, a weakness. One woman told me about her dying father, how she didn’t want to visit him, and was ashamed that she wasn’t taking advantage of her last chance to know him. Others have told me about their downward spirals or battles with drugs; cheating on their partners; their failures when others were counting on them; their insecurities about not being as good or as smart or as beautiful as they could. Needless to say, the project has a way of opening up astonishingly vulnerable pathways to what makes us feel bad. And as the same things came up over and over, and as people thanked me for the chance to have this conversation and be accepted, and as people's eyes widened when they read the scores of collected shame already displayed on my garment (the same ones often repeated over and over), I started to feel like this is a deep thing we all have in common that we ought to acknowledge more.
So this year, the project is bigger. A team of 35 or so of us are collecting shame at Burning Man this summer. And we're building a temple of our own, a place to come to view the collected shame, see it on a grander scale, come to terms with the fact that we're all sinners even though we're trying our hardest, and we all still deserve love.
This is Nebunele Theatre's first foray into interactive performance art, and *certainly* our first large artwork installation. I'm excited about the morphing form. The thing that theatre has always done brilliantly, to me, is to bring our flaws to the surface, to help us deal with them in deeply personal ways. This format is even more direct, and I'm interested in hearing from any of you what you think about this kind of art. And if any of you go to burning man, I would love to hear from Nebunele fans what you think of the evolution of this project.
And of course: building huge temples in the desert costs money, and I am seeking donations, as always. If this project is at all interesting to you, please, please come to our fundraiser or drop a few bucks into our donation button on the website at http://shameproject.org. We're running this with all-volunteer labor, but materials and transport are expensive and we could sure use the help.
Speaking of that fundraiser! Here's the story:
The Father's Day BBQ and Silent Auction Fundraiser for Temple of Shame
The Father's Day BBQ will be a shimmering day of chillness and family love. You know those relaxed afternoons you spent as a kid when your parents took you to the nearby craft fair, and there was a lawn with other kids to play with, and music, and yummy food and nothing to do except traipse around and love the summer? People stand around practicing juggling and eating meat on sticks and smiling because there is nothing more important to be doing at that moment?
Our barbeque, a fundraiser for the Temple of Shame, attempts to recreate those days of glory.
When: Sunday, June 19, 11am-2pm
Where: 910 17th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112
Cost: $20 suggested donation at the door. Bring a check book for silent auction items!
More info below and at shameproject.org.
Father’s Day BBQ Playlist by The Temple of Shame
Release Party: June 19th, 2011 at AND
1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy………………………………….FOOD
2. Sugar Daddy ……………………………………………DESSERTS
3. Father’s Drinking Up Our Christmas …………………DRINKS
4. Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar………………………..MUSIC
5. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag………………………….SILENT AUCTION
6. Daddy’s Little Girl ……………………………………….KID’S CRAFT AREA
Delicious BBQ food! Beer! Silent auction! Craft room for the kids!
Join us for a marvelously chill afternoon of delicious BBQ food, beer and cocktails, and a silent auction full of cool and unusual items like: a beginning home cheesemaking class, a guided alpine climb for 2, graphic design work, and a framed Diego Rivera print! While you eat and drink and listen to music, we’ll turn your kids loose on glitter and glue. A $20 suggested donation at the door helps send us to the playa in style.
Thanks for reading! Love to you all!
Yours in the constant quest for authentic interaction,
--
Alissa Mortenson
Artistic Director
Nebunele Theatre
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