My Barbarian
Post-Party Dream State Caucus
Thu, Nov 3, 2016
at 6:30pm
Days before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, My Barbarian and special guests invite you to become a super delegate in an unconventional political convention. Prompted by speeches, anthems, and games, the audience explores group identities and casts votes in the absurd manner of a caucus. Your task— the promising and dangerous work of building “meaningful” consensus.
Co-presented with the New Museum, as part of the Department of Education and Public Engagement’s R&D Season: DEMOCRACY
Related Exhibition
The Audience is Always Right
Sep 28, 2016–Jan 8, 2017
New Museum
5th Floor Gallery
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
The exhibition responds to legacies of revolutionary theater from the 1960s to present.
Exhibition open during museum hours.
“Making fun may be our best strategy for survival.”
Working at the intersection of theater, visual arts, and critical practice, My Barbarian (Malik Gaines, Jade Gordon, and Alexandro Segade) uses performance to theatricalize historic problems and imagine ways of being together. Currently in residence at the New Museum, My Barbarian presents the culmination of an eight-year project, Post-Living Ante-Action Theater, which began there in 2008. The accompanying exhibition, The Audience is Always Right, responds to legacies of revolutionary theater from the 1960s to present.