Greetings from Singapore. I'm writing you from across the Pacific Ocean in Singapore. I'm on tour with an outdoor aerial spectacle theatre company performing for the Grand Prix. It's a fun gig, but cars are loud... Anyway, on my flight to Singapore from LAX, I flew across the boundary that I’ve been so obsessed with lately, the California shore. At midnight on Saturday, I perched over my window seat and saw the huge ferris wheel on the Santa Monica Pier, lit in its glory, bidding me adieu. I thought, wow, in a month from today, I’ll be performing about a mile north of that site. Mission organization.
I've been working tirelessly in airports, my hotel room, airplanes, and cafes organizing this event. I've sent out a call for performers and have gathered a few dozen artists to help me on this project. I'm super excited about it. I've been quite busy, possibly even too busy to write a proper posting. But let me leave you with the work of Ai Weiwei, someone who has been creating compelling work surrounding the topic of displacement and the plight of refugees. His influence on my creative audacity is monumental. Here are a few of his projects that directly relate to what I'm interested in exploring while at the Annenberg Community Beach House. Oh, and lastly, here is the event info. RSVP here if you haven't already done so.
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