Adam Farcus, Protest Song
November 24, 2019, 6-8pm

CO-OPt Research + Projects is pleased to present a performance and workshop by Adam Farcus in conjunction with our current exhibitions--Gregory Eddi Jones, Flowers for donald and Countries Glorious, and Kaitlyn Jo Smith, Campaign--that engages with the subject of political rhetoric and meaning (or lack thereof). Protest Song (2017 - ongoing until Donald Trump is no longer the President of the United States) is a participatory and collaborative project in which people are invited to create and perform a protest song. For lyrics, participants use gibberish text that is a translation of Donald Trump’s inauguration speech, produced through the Surrealist technique of automatic writing. Everyone is encouraged to create new protest songs or perform versions of existing songs from the project. 

Instructions, writing tools, and some instruments are provided. People are also invited to bring any additional musical instruments or noise makers. The event will take place on Sunday November 24 from 6-8pm.

About Adam Farcus:
Adam Farcus is a Lubbock, Texas, based activist, artist, curator, feminist, and teacher. Adam received their M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, B.F.A. from Illinois State University, and A.A. from Joliet Junior College. Their work has been exhibited at numerous venues, including the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Vox Populi, Philadelphia; the American University Museum, and Advance Art Museum, Changsha, China. They have lectured on their work at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Performance Studies International 16 conference, among many others. From 2012 through 2015 they were also a co-curator, with Allison Yasukawa, for the Baltimore-based residential art space, Lease Agreement. Lease Agreement now exists as an alternative and nomadic curatorial project, based in Lubbock, Texas. Adam is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art in Foundations at Texas Tech University.