The Violence of Being Known, 2021

Artist Ernesto Pujol describes a socially engaged, public performance practice as

…the site specific embodiment of urgent social issues

…through considered human gesture, such as conscious walking

…ethically made and generously shared with a community

…as a form of diagnostic, collective, poetic portrait

…freely offered for aesthetic appreciation and meaningful reflection

…ultimately seeking a socially transformative, cultural experience

from Walking Art Practice: Reflections on Socially Engaged Paths

  • "Yesterday I learned that the breathing of whales is as crucial to our own breathing and the carbon cycle of the planet as are the forests of the world. Researchers say, if whales returned to their pre-commercial whaling numbers, their gigantic breathing would store as much as 110,000 hectares of forest, or a forest the size of Rocky Mountain National Park."

    Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Undrowned

  • "I worry sometimes that humans are afraid of helping humans. There's less risk associated with animals, less fear of failure, fear of getting too involved. In war movies, a thousand soldiers can die gruesomely, but when the horse is shot, the audience is heartbroken."

    Marina Keegan, The Opposite of Loneliness

  • "We have been conditioned to believe in a basic schism between our animal bodies and our human potential. The split between our animal intelligence and our human potential is well established and diligently maintained by our culture."

    Susan Aposhyan, Natural Intelligence