VIRTUAL: Kristina Wong for Public Office: On Race, Gender, and Comedy in Electoral Politics

Event time: 
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
Online () See map
Calendar Speaker/Performer: 
Kristina Wong
Event description: 

Performance artist, comedian, and elected representative Kristina Wong is taking her raucous campaign online to arouse civic engagement and counter-hijack our democracy! An actual elected representative of Koreatown in Los Angeles, she was once a scrappy performance artist with a bright future in reality television. Now, the political system she used to ridicule is the one she’s become!!! Is she more effective as a performance artist or a politician? Is there actually a difference between performance art and politics? Can she Abolish ICE?!
This interactive, comedic performance mashes up campaign rallies, church revivals, and solo theater shows to uncover the history of voting, what it means to run for local office, and the impact artists can have on democracy. Originally built to tour alongside the rallies leading up to the 2020 Presidential election against a charming hand-sewn felt set she sewed herself, this rally is now being broadcast live from her home to yours!

The performance will be followed by a conversation with Kristina Wong, co-moderated by Professors Albert Laguna and Quan Tran, on the topic of race, gender, and comedy in electoral politics.

Admission: 
Free but register in advance
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