2017 · 1 hour 34 minutes · Captions
Awaiting Oblivion
Emmy Smith-Stewart | Jeffrey Azevedo
Temporary Solutions for surviving the dystopian future we find ourselves within at present
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About this performance
Blurring the lines between fiction and reality, Awaiting Oblivion... follows the story of AO, an anonymous street artist who has tasked Emmy and Jeffrey with the creation of a performance as a way to share AO’s “temporary solutions” for existing within our collapsing empire. Inspired by creative processes developed by the '60s Fluxus art movement, each “temporary solution” is a visual/textual poem contained in a Flux-kit (a cigar box collaged with stenciled imagery and typewritten letters). We follow Emmy, Jeffrey, and AO in a flurry of street art, secret messages, and performance scores in a poetic, radical fight for survival.
About the artist
Emmy Smith-Stewart | Jeffrey Azevedo
Emmy Smith-Stewart | Jeffrey Azevedo is a Seattle based artist duo creating contemporary art at the intersection of performance and installation. They are currently developing SALVAGE RITUALS to premiere at On the Boards in December, 2020. This work has been developed through residencies at On the Boards, Seattle University and Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s Creative Exchange Lab.
All films by Emmy Smith-Stewart | Jeffrey Azevedo