"The way to strengthen our rights is to continually use them and demand that they be recognized." -- Annie Dorsen
We talk about: the Artist Open Letter to the NEA, resistance strategies, algorithmic theater, speechmaking as an embodied practice, and much more...
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Annie Dorsen is a MacArthur Fellowship awarded director and writer whose works explore the intersection of algorithmic art and live performance. Most recently, her piece Prometheus Firebringer was presented at Theater For a New Audience in Brooklyn. Other algorithmic theater projects have been widely presented in the US and internationally since 2010. She has written frequently about art and technology for leading performance journals and magazines. She is also a recent graduate of NYU Law School, where she focused on tech policy and civil rights.
Annie Dorsen, "The Dangers of AI Intoxication," American Theater, Aug. 30, 2023
NEA’s “Legal Requirements and Assurance of Compliance” (as of 2/25/25)
Hundreds of Artists Call on N.E.A. to Roll Back Trump’s Restrictions, N.Y. Times, Feb. 18, 2025
Text of Trump's Executive Order on "gender ideology"
Lawsuit challenging anti-trans Executive Order, lambdalegal.org
"The NEA's new diversity edits worry arts groups," N.Y. Times, Feb. 12, 2025
"Judge largely blocks Trump's Executive Orders ending federal support for DEI Programs," NPR, Feb. 21, 2025
‘Outrageous’ and ‘chilling’: Local orgs react to new DEI restrictions from the National Endowments for the Arts, MPR, February 19, 2025
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