benjamin lundberg torres sánchez

Naturalization
Performance. (2013)

Part I of Lundberg/Torres-Sanchez

Naturalization is a re-performance of Lundberg’s naturalization ceremony, his first public documentation as a United States Citizen. As viewers bear witness to this initiation through the reverberations of a two-year-old’s memory, they are, in turn, initiated as members of a congregation, incited to adopt and publicly proclaim their own identities at will. Naturalization draws from the artist’s personal archive of images, official text, and familial memories to create a site where the spiritual implications of citizenship are explored.

Performance History:

Re Performed 23 November 2013
at LA GALERÍA at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts in Boston
as part of TODO BAJO CONTROL
curated by Anabel Vazquez, Ian Deleon, Alexis Avedisian, & Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz

Re Performed 30 September 2013
at Bowery Poetry Club as part of SUBMERGE
curated by Susana Cook, Dan Fishback, and Jadele McPherson
archival photos by Marika Kent
archival video by Victor Bautista & The Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics

Re Performed 28 July 2013
at Tandem Bar, Brooklyn
as a featured performance in Do Something, variety show & open mic
curated by Lorelei Ramirez & Bob Palos

Performed 22 July 2013
at Fitness Center For Arts & Tactics
as part of NEXUSURNEXUS, live networked performances,
curated by Hector Canonge
for Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival
and live streamed to EL BUNKER in La Paz, Bolivia.