Port Huron Project

The Port Huron Project is a series of reenactments of protest speeches from the New Left movements of the 1960s and '70s. Each event takes place at the site of the original speech, and is delivered by a performer to an audience of invited guests and passers-by. Videos, audio recordings, and photographs of these performances are presented in various venues and distributed online (MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Blip.tv) and on DVD as open-source media. Three reenactments have been staged to date; three more are planned for 2008. More...

The Village Voice
"The Port Huron Project, Julian Schnabel's Drawings, and Artists Against the War"
by R.C. Baker. January 15, 2008

Artforum
"Sounding the Fury" (PDF)
by Julia Bryan-Wilson. January 1, 2008

The New York Times
"Giving New Life to Protests of Yore"
by Randy Kennedy. July 28, 2007

The Boston Globe
"Rallying 'Round the Past"
by Ken Johnson. July 22, 2007

The Washington Post
"Hot Off The Presses: A Pot Full Of Issues"
by Rachel Beckman. July 19, 2007

The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest
"Politics by Other Means"
by Christina Ulke. Issue 5, Summer 2007

The Chicago Tribune
"Times, Faces Change; Struggle Remains"
by Leora Falk. July 31, 2007

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Part of Creative Time's 2008 public art initiative
Democracy in America: The National Campaign

Cesar Chavez

WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE
Based on a 1971 speech by César Chávez
6:00 PM, Saturday, July 19, 2008
South Lawn, Exposition Park, Los Angeles
Presented by CREATIVE TIME with LACE

THE LIBERATION OF OUR PEOPLE
Based on a 1969 speech by Angela Davis
6:00 PM, Saturday, August 2, 2008
DeFremery Park, Oakland
Presented by CREATIVE TIME with
the Oakland Museum of California

LET ANOTHER WORLD BE BORN
Based on a 1967 speech by
Stokely Carmichael
6:00 PM, Sunday, September 7, 2008
Adjacent to the United Nations, NYC
Presented by CREATIVE TIME

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WE MUST NAME THE SYSTEM
Reenactment of a speech by Paul Potter
Thursday, July 26, 2007
The National Mall, Washington, D.C.
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THE PROBLEM IS CIVIL OBEDIENCE
Reenactment of a speech by Howard Zinn
July 14, 2007, Boston Common.
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UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS SILENT
Reenactment of a speech by
Coretta Scott King
September 16, 2006, Central Park, NYC.
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