America/n
America/n was presented on Election Day, November 6th 2012, at Defibrillator (Chicago). During polling hours (6:00 am to 7:00 pm), Lucky Pierre and 24 guest presenters discussed the American project as defined by the United States Constitution. We began with the Preamble, "We the people..." and worked our way through to the end—"The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”
24 artists, activists and scholars were invited to research, interpret, rewrite or otherwise respond to a pre-selected section of the US Constitution. Each presenter had 20-minutes to report their “findings” in whatever form they chose (discussions / songs / performances / polemics/ lectures). The daylong event was free and open to all.
AMERICA/N (THE BOOK) The piece was completed on Inauguration Day 2013 with the release of America/n (the book). With material collected from all 24 participants, America/n is an artist book, literary journal, and pocket constitution, that captures and responds to the experience of the day.
Presenters: PREAMBLE Amber Ginsburg, Tom Ginsburg, ARTICLE 1 John Rich, ARTICLE 2 David Kodeski, ARTICLE 3 Robin Cline, ARTICLE 4 Edward Thomas-Herrera, ARTICLE 5, 6, 7 Laura Stempel, AMENDMENT 1 Davey K., AMENDMENTS 2, 3 Aaron Maier, AMENDMENT 4 Brandon Alvendia, AMENDMENTS 5, 6 Jennifer Karmin, AMENDMENT 7 Marc Fischer, AMENDMENT 8 Melinda Fries, AMENDMENT 9 David Isaacson, AMENDMENTS 10, 11, 13 Chris Schoen, AMENDMENTS 12, 17 Jen Blair, AMENDMENT 14 Jim Snyder, AMENDMENT 15 Andy Fenchel, Alisa Wolfson, AMENDMENT 16 Matt Nicholas, AMENDMENTS 18, 21 Paul Durica, AMENDMENT 19 Anne Elizabeth Moore, AMENDMENTS 20, 22, 27 Jeff Kowalkowski, AMENDMENTS 23, 24 Don Washington,. AMENDMENT 25 Robert Metrick, AMENDMENT 26 Barrie Cole
Created by: Holly Abney, Kevin Kaempf, Travis Hale, Jeff Kowalkowski, Bill Talsma, Michael Thomas, Mary Zerkel, Heather Lindahl
