WEEP — Exorcism = Liberation

TRANSCRIPT

I CAME HERE TO WEEP
Bienvenides. Grieving is a survival tool.

This audio was born out of fear for the future. You afraid? Us too. Our response was to offer an invitation to weep. Turns out a good long cry is a release valve for rage, grief, helplessness. Maybe you can use that today.

I came here to weep is part of a public art project called Exorcism = Liberation. It offers a different kind of campaign than the election we are in the middle of. It is a counter action. A counter proposal. An intervention. We want to connect, challenge, spark conversation, contemplate, move and provoke change.

Empathy is a muscle that needs to be flexed. Listen and get stronger with us. 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 I came here to weep, we are sharing resources and information on how colonization and corruption exacerbates climate disaster. One important way climate change affects the archipelago is power outages.

Learn

Bianca Graulau’s video report on the power outages and protests in Puerto Rico. Subscribe to Bianca’s YouTube channel.

Act

Join/Follow Maria Fund, an organization committed to collective liberation.

CREDITS

PERFORMANCE Steph Reyes

AUDIO DESIGNErica Ricketts

CONCEPT, SCRIPT & DIRECTIONYanira Castro

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Experience the other two audios of the project.

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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.

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