The Arsonist
The Arsonist (Live Performance with Visual Projections and Audio Work Integrated. )
In The Arsonist, the fictional story of a visual artist named Veronica and her estranged son Andrew are integrated with the principles of fire science, movement, visual projections and live music to explore the personal implications of our social theories surrounding justice and safety. We hear the voices and stories of the women that Veronica
interviews and "paints": A Congolese-American woman whose family was directly impacted by Leopold II's occupation, a Mexican woman activist who advocated for the rights of Latino farmworkers during the 1960s and two Senegalese teenage girls who've recently immigrated to the US.
In The Arsonist, the fictional story of a visual artist named Veronica and her estranged son Andrew are integrated with the principles of fire science, movement, visual projections and live music to explore the personal implications of our social theories surrounding justice and safety. We hear the voices and stories of the women that Veronica
interviews and "paints": A Congolese-American woman whose family was directly impacted by Leopold II's occupation, a Mexican woman activist who advocated for the rights of Latino farmworkers during the 1960s and two Senegalese teenage girls who've recently immigrated to the US.