Listen to a series of short readings from artist and Art & Design faculty member, Deke Weaver, followed by a short Q & A and informal reception in the Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie exhibition. Part of “The Unreliable Bestiary” series.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Deke Weaver is a writer-performer and media artist who weaves together storytelling, performance, and ecological urgency. His lifelong project, The Unreliable Bestiary, is a series of performances organized around every letter of the alphabet, with each letter representing an endangered animal or habitat. With choreographer/performer/director Jennifer Allen and many other trusted collaborators, he has produced MONKEY (2009), ELEPHANT (2010), WOLF (2013), BEAR (2016), TIGER (2019), and 2023’s CETACEAN (The Whale).
Artist website:
unreliablebestiary.org
Presented in conjunction with Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie exhibition (on view through July 2).
Made possible with support from the Campus Research Board and Frances P. Rohlen Visiting Artists Fund, College of Fine and Applied Arts. Krannert Art Museum acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
