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#FreeTaniaBruguera
Cuban artist Tania Bruguera attempted to stage a performance about free speech in Havana’s Revolution Square and invited the public to participate in “Tatina’s Whisper #6”. Subsequently she has been detained and is not allowed to leave Cuba. Restagings of “Tatlin’s Whisper #6” are being organized in various cities in the United States and abroad.
READ: Tania Bruguera can’t leave Cuba, so the Hammer will stage work in her honor, Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2015.
Spread the word. April 13 worldwide action in support of Tania Bruguera #yotambienexijo #FreeTaniaBruguera #CreativeTIme
— Paul Ramirez Jonas (@prjnyc) April 7, 2015
New York
#YoTambienExijo: A Restaging of “Tatlin’s Whisper #6”
Monday, April 13, 2015
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Duffy Square
New York, New York 10036
Posted by Creative Time on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Los Angeles
ICYMI: on Monday, we will re-stage Tania Bruguera’s #YoTambienExijo + stream on @periscopeco. http://t.co/yV47d4Gm6a #FreeTaniaBruguera
— Hammer Museum (@hammer_museum) April 10, 2015
You are cordially invited to participate in Step Up to Freedom of Expression – “Tatlin’s Whisper #6”
What: Step up to Freedom of Expression in Solidarity with Cuban artist Tania Bruguera
and all other artists around the world who face criminal charges and
violence for exercising their basic human right to free expression.
When: Monday, April 13, 2015, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca. 90024 310-443-7000
Action: You are invited to speak freely for one minute about freedom of speech and expression.
The event will be streamed live online.
Background Information:
Cuban artist Tania Bruguera attempted to stage a performance about free speech in Havana’s Revolution Square and invited the public to participate in “Tatina’s Whisper #6”. Subsequently she has been detained.
Visual Artists Guild has been invited to join this effort in freedom of expression in bringing attention to Tania and other artists.
Tania’s planned stage performance will be recreated here in Southern California with your participation.
San Francisco
Posted by Kadist Art Foundation on Thursday, April 9, 2015
Tatlin's Whisper 6 in #SF, #FreeTaniaBruguera https://t.co/ijGJqv1mlA
— Alessandra Saviotti (@Aspra_mente) April 11, 2015
More Background Information
By restaging Tania Bruguera’s participatory artwork “Tatlin’s Whisper #6,” we stand in solidarity with her, Angel Santiesteban, Danilo Maldonado “El Sexto,” and all other artists around the world who face criminal charges and violence for exercising their basic human right to free expression. As article 19 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
Governments must embrace the rights of their citizens and non-citizens alike to share their voices, ideas, values, beliefs, and dreams without fear of persecution or violence. As citizens of the world with a shared humanity, we urge the government of Cuba to drop all charges against Tania Bruguera, Angel Santiesteban, and Danilo Maldonado “El Sexto,” who are either imprisoned or facing imprisonment for doing what every person of the planet should be able to do: expressing themselves.
Title of Work:
#YoTambienExijo: A Restaging of Tatlin’s Whisper #6
**Instructions**
For performance:
•No microphone is needed. Instead use a human microphone like the ones used in Occupy Wall Street.
•A small box (soapbox style) for the speaker to stand on.
•People are invited to speak for one minute about freedom of speech.
•Optional: If you want to you can include a WHITE dove, but do not keep the dove on the shoulder as this is extremely difficult. Each person can hold the dove in their hands, and hands it over to the next person. Have a few… just in case they escape.
For documentation:
•Please document events (either with still or video) and post to the Creative Time Facebook “event” at facebook.com/creativetime, as well as on personal and, preferably, institutional Twitter and Instagram accounts, using the hashtags #YoTambienExijo and #FreeTaniaBruguera. Please indicate where the performance occurred and when.