Monet Clark

A performance, video and photographic artist working on both sides of the camera in wryly humorous, semi-autobiographical, feminist pieces.

INVOCATION DEMOCRACY Artist Talk 1, EDGAR HEAP of BIRDS, PENNY SLINGER, JOHN DILEVA HALPERN, JENNIFER LOCKE, & moderated by curator Monet Clark (video)

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Lit 🔥 inspired ✨ artist talk discussing the interplay between climate justice, misogyny, Indigenous culture, human and animal rights, mysticism and our democracy; the liminality of artistic practice; and art as social activation; the legacy of Joseph Beuys; the Tibetan mystic studies of Marcel Duchamp; the impact of Marjorie Cameron, Hilma af Klint; and more.
 
With mystic surrealist feminist artist Penny Slinger in L.A.; Native American artist and history interventionist Edgar Heap of Birds in OK; cultural activist and Buddhist performance artist/filmmaker John DiLeva Halpern in NYC; performance, video, body artist and SFAI’s New Genre’s Dept Chain Jennifer Locke in SF; and moderated by curator and eco-feminist Artist Monet Clark in Nevada City, CA; with cameos by ‘life as art’ activist Linda Montano, and Lady Monster, also exhibitors in the show, INVOCATION DEMOCRACY A Political and Mystical Virtual Exhibition.
 
The exhibition is up within 3D galleries, through Inauguration Day January 20, 2021, holding vigil for a peaceful transition of power and the democracy we envision, and presented by Pro Arts Commons, Oakland and curated by Monet Clark.
 
To enter INVOCATION DEMOCRACY go to: proartscommons.org/invocationdemocracy and be sure to visit galleries 2 and 3 also for the full experience. 
 
 
 

INVOCATION DEMOCRACY Zoom webinar artist’s talk: The interplay between climate justice, human & animal rights, mysticism & a healthy democracy. Nov. 15 12 noon PST 3pm EST

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YOU ARE INVITED THIS SUNDAY TO ATTEND AN EXCITING FREE WEBINAR CONVERSATION, WITH 4 OF VIRTUAL EXHIBITION INVOCATION DEMOCRACY’S EXHIBITING ARTISTS.
Presented by Pro Arts Commons, moderated by its curator Monet Clark, this talk will revolve around the motivations behind the artist’s works and the show’s themes which include: the liminality of artistic practice, art as cultural activation, and the interplay between a healthy democracy, climate justice, human and animal rights, and mysticism.
Sunday, November 15, 2020 12noon PST.
 
Spend an hour with legendary, Indigenous American history interventionist Edgar Heap of Birds in OK, seminal British feminist performance artist, surrealist and mystic Penny Slinger in L.A., performance and video artist Jennifer Locke in S.F. whose physically intense sculptural actions in relationship with specific architecture draw from her experiences as a dominatrix and wrestler, and ecological performance artist, filmmaker, and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism John DiLeva Halpern in NYC.
Images from INVOCATION DEMOCRACY, A Political and Mystical Virtual Exhibition: Mariee Sioux music video “Black Snakes”; Penny Slinger, Heavy Lifting-2; John DiLeva Halpern, video still from For George Floyd the Martyr –A Meditation Pause From the Sacred Grounds of Minneapolis; Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Proud Brave Brutal.