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[ARCHIVAL] Inaugural Moving Monument Ritual for Ona Maria Judge Staines Unpaid Labor Day Monday, September 7, 2020 12pm - 1:30pm Lower Manhattan (Social distancing expected and implored) WALL STREET: 12pm -- Federal Hall 12:20pm -- NYSE BROADWAY PROMENADES: 12:40 -- NYSE to St. Paul's Chapel 1:00 -- St. Paul's Chapel to African Burial Ground MOVEMENT // SOUND // STILLNESS // SILENCE Ona Judge was enslaved by George & Martha Washington. Ona quietly walked out one evening as they ate dinner. She died a fugitive in poverty for refusing a life of unpaid labor as human property of the very first First Family of the United States. By her account, Ona had NO REGRETS for claiming her liberty. “...I am free, and have, I trust been made a child of God by the means.” ~Ona Maria Judge Staines Forgotten Founding Mother of Liberty 1773-1848 #unpaidlaborday#abscondedproject #unalterednationday #africanburialground #americanhistory #blackhistory #blacklivesmatter #blackwomen #decolonization #federalhall #georgewashington #graceexhibitionspace #lowermanhattan #marthawashington #nevercaught #NYSE #onajudge #OnaNotOney #publicart #reparations #takeitdown #slavery #streetperformance #streettheater #streettheatre #takethemdown #ushistory #wallstreet (at Lower Manhattan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKQB9WDgZwn/?igshid=whs5sva6i2tu

Since absconding from Texas to New York City in early 2003, Dragonfly aka Robin LaVerne Wilson has lived many lifetimes as an artist-activist. In this talk she will survey: how 20 foundational years in San Antonio shaped her worldview; highlights of her character work and eclectic career (including a few arrests and an accidental run for senator of New York state); and culmination of these influences into her current work. She will conclude with highlights of ABSCONDED PROJECT--a hybrid living statue / moving monument / public ritual to honor Ona Judge who self-emancipated herself from Martha and George Washington. ---------- LINK IN INSTAGRAM BIO ---------- My ties to San Antonio span from 1983-2003. It was the last few years of my time there where "Dragonfly" was born as a performance artist. I view this artist talk as a soft relaunch of my Texas life as the uncertainty and economic fugitivity of the COVID-era will likely lead to an inevitable and indefinite return from NYC in early 2021. In fact, this process has me remembering and reclaiming my foundational legacies. Join via Zoom or FB Livestream. FB Livestream will appear on event page. Follow the East to West Project at: https://www.facebook.com/EastWestProject LINK ALSO IN IG BIO #performanceart #sanantonio #abscondedproject #blackartists https://www.instagram.com/p/CIlxvJtFlxw/?igshid=1g5hocac6u133