DIRT — Exorcism = Liberation

TRANSCRIPT

WHAT IS YOUR FIRST MEMORY OF DIRT?
Bienvenides. We dream of a land free.

Often our earliest memories of dirt are about home: A playground. A field. A backyard. A tree. We wanted to tap into those first encounters with the earth to invite us into liberation.

What is your first memory of dirt? is part of a public art project called Exorcism = Liberation. Exorcism = Liberation offers a different kind of campaign than the one offered by politicians. We made this as a kind of intervention–an offering to be with one another, build empathy. These audio experiences are a small rehearsal to feel and to act. Empathy is a muscle that needs to be flexed for a collective liberated future.

We recommend using headphones. It sounds better.

LEARN + ACT

For each audio in this project, we offer one entry point to learn and act. Our focus is Puerto Rico. With What is your first memory of dirt?, we are sharing resources and information about how “rentier capitalism” is pushing out Puerto Ricans from Puerto Rico, displacing Puerto Ricans with wealthy Americans seeking to evade federal taxes.

Learn

Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) video report on Ley 60 (Act 20 & 22).

Watch all of CENTRO’s investigative TV documentary series, Puerto Rican Voices.

Act

Sign a petition to end Act 22.

CREDITS

PERFORMANCE josé alejandro rivera

AUDIO DESIGNErica Ricketts

CONCEPT, SCRIPT & DIRECTIONYanira Castro

UP NEXT
Experience the other two audios of the project.

REFLECT
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LEAVE US A NOTE

RESOURCES
Resources to support and get involved with organizations in Puerto Rico, Chicago, New York City and Western Massachusetts. We strongly believe in local, mutual aid organizations as places of sustaining, radical change.

GET INVOLVED