BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26d4d0ca-4990-4f7c-984b-504e3a279e15@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261015T123124Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T203000 SUMMARY:Welcome to the Jungle or A Microphone is Power (Work in Progress) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Jungle or A Microphone is Power (Work in Progr ess) By Miguel Gutierrez Friday\, October 16th 6:30-8:30pm Rain Date: Oc tober 17th 4-7pm TICKETS HERE Presented as part of An Endless Meeting: C ollective Process\, Artistic Labor\, and the Politics of Working Togethe r About the Performance Miguel Gutierrez will return to Vox Populi to pr esent a new solo-in-progress\, Welcome to the Jungle or A Microphone is Power\, inspired by recent travels in Latin America\, where he spent tim e learning about the fraught political histories of repression and confl ict. What can we learn from artists in countries that followed the playb ook of repression we are currently experiencing in the U.S. What might i t yield to look at these parallels and consider how artists create in a time of crisis? Please note that this performance will begin and end at Vox Populi but will involve walking through the North Chinatown neighbor hood. About the Artist Miguel Gutierrez (he/him) is a multi-disciplinary dance and music artist. Recent work includes Super Nothing\, created th rough the Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist program at Ne w York Live Arts\, and Frankenstein\, created for visual artist Avram Fi nkelstein at Smack Mellon. Miguel's work has been presented internationa lly for over twenty years\, most recently at ODC/SF\, On the Boards\, CA P/UCLA\, MCA Chicago\, American Dance Festival and he was a selected art ist in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. He is a Guggenheim Fellow\, a United S tates Artists Fellow\, and has received a Foundation for Contemporary Ar t award\, a Doris Duke Artist Award\, a Frankie Award\, and four New Yor k Dance and Performance “Bessie” Awards. He has received project support through the National Performance Network\, MAP\, and the New England Fo undation for the Arts’ National Dance Project. His writing has appeared in BOMB online\, Small Press Traffic’s The Back Room\, InDance\, SLUTS a nthology from Dopamine Press\, and in Entanglements\, a monograph on wor k by Luke George and Daniel Kok. His podcast\, Are You For Sale? examine s the ethical entanglement between dance making and funding. His two rec ords - SADONNA: The Album\, where he performs sad covers of Madonna song s\, and sueño\, which features his original songs - are available on all streaming platforms. He is an Associate Professor of Choreography in UC LA's department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance and splits his time bet ween Los Angeles\, Brooklyn\, San Francisco\, and the world. www.miguelg utierrez.org An Endless Meeting: Collective Process\, Artistic Labor\, a nd the Politics of Working Together is a multi-pronged project taking pl ace this fall at Vox Populi that activates collective process as subject \, form\, and method. Spanning exhibitions\, a curatorial residency\, pu blic programs\, and a print publication\, the project explores the polit ics of collectivity\, inviting broad publics to reflect on their own exp eriences of collaboration. An Endless Meeting will be presented as part of Collective Futures\, a citywide initiative bringing together artist-r un and community-based organizations to examine collective cultural prod uction. An Endless Meeting: Collective Process\, Artistic Labor\, and th e Politics of Working Together has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. About The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is a multidisciplinary grantmaker and hub for knowl edge-sharing\, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts\, and dedicated to fo stering a vibrant cultural community in Greater Philadelphia. The Center invests in ambitious\, imaginative\, and catalytic work that showcases the region’s cultural vitality and enhances public life\, and engages in an exchange of ideas concerning artistic and interpretive practice with a broad network of cultural practitioners and leaders.\n\nTickets: http s://www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-to-the-jungle-or-a-microphone-is-power- work-in-progress-tickets-2002636249933?aff=oddtdtcreator\n\nhttps://find local.community/event/26d4d0ca-4990-4f7c-984b-504e3a279e15 LOCATION:Blackbox at Vox Populi\, Philadelphia\, PA URL:https://findlocal.community/event/26d4d0ca-4990-4f7c-984b-504e3a279e1 5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR