Let’s Take a (Virtual. Twitter & Instagram live) guided walk January 20 2021 at 9.45pm (EST), in celebration for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris' Inauguration and to mark the completion of Hangers 101 & a Litany of Hashtags*
We will be walking separately but sharing a journey , from anywhere in the world; Let's Take a Walk #49 via Twitter @mcayer and on Instagram Live @mcayer27
How it works: I will guide you via @mcayer on Twitter and Instagram Live@mcayer27
For LTAW #49, the focus will be #celebration #compassion & #respect.Prompting dialogues and positive changes. We’ll create a similar footprint on different soil, #walkingtogetherapart.
How to join: Follow @mcayer on Twitter to receive guiding tweets. Please take photos and videos of your walk and send them to me via Twitter or email. Adding to the ever-growing installation.
History: So far, there have been 48 Twitter guided walks starting in 2009 LTAW each is a shared moment—a step towards peace and collective wellbeing.
*Description of Hangers 101 & a Litany of Hashtags
Hangers 101 & A Litany of Hashtags is a participatory project that creates a dialogue on the current political/social climate. I initiated the first phase of this project on the first day of the new Presidential administration. I made daily visual gestures from hangers and other material, inspired in part by the day's news. In the studio or on sidewalks, participants pause holding hangers, adding a thread, and sharing opinions, which I turn into hashtags, i.e., #climatechange, #womensrighttochoose Instagram (@mcayer27). Instagram (@mcayer27).
a Litany of Hashtags, the ensuing performance (s), includes a monologue created from participant commentary and transformation of the yarned hangers. Performance Artifacts become sculptural work, installation. This project took place in my studio, on the streets as well as at the Glasshouse in Brooklyn, the Bergen Art Festival in Norway, the New York Studio School exhibition, in Back to the Future at Local Project LIC, during The Artist Parade with AIOP, Plaxall Gallery LIC and Blue Spirit in Costa Rica. Visit @mcayer27 on Instagram to see the entire progression of this work.
I am delighted to announce the completion of the Hangers 101 & a Litany of Hashtags Soundtrack created in collaboration with Nicole Brancato, Joris Pierre Katz and myself, to be found on BandCamp
From near or far, I hope to share a journey with you.
Thank you for your attention and support.
I wish you health, patience, and wonderful discoveries.
Marie Christine