COCO FUSCO
A Room Of One’s Own:
Women And Power In The New America

Performance Space 122, 150 1st Avenue, NYC
September 28 – October 1
Thursday – Saturday, 8:00 p.m.,
Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
U.S. Premiere

In this dynamic multi-media performance, Coco Fusco portrays a seasoned interrogator who presents an unflinching examination of the emancipated role of American women in the military and the sexual politics of interrogation in the “War on Terror.”

Tickets: http://www.ps122.org, 212-352-3101
$20, $15 (students/seniors), $10 (P.S. 122 Members), Free (Creative Time Members.)
Running Time: 75 minutes

Screening of Operation Atropos and Panel Discussion
Saturday, September 30, 5:00 - 6:45 p.m. FREE

Coco Fusco’s critically acclaimed video OPERATION ATROPOS, focuses on about her training with former U.S. Army interrogators.

A panel discussion follows with panelists Jose Muñoz, Chair of Performance Studies, NYU; Anne Norton, Professor of Political Science, UPenn; and Mike Ritz, former U.S. Army Interrogator and co-founder of Team Delta.

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THE ARTIST
Coco Fusco (The Interrogator) is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist and writer. She has performed, lectured, exhibited and curated around the world since 1988. She is a recipient of a 2003 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts. Fusco's performances and videos have been included in such events as The Whitney Biennial, Sydney Biennale, The Johannesburg Biennial, The Kwangju Biennale, The Shanghai Biennale, InSite O5, Transmediale, The London International Theatre Festival, and VideoBrasil.

Fusco’s work combine electronic media and performance in a variety of formats, from staged multi-media performances incorporating large scale projections and closed circuit television to live performances streamed to the internet that invite audiences to chart the course of action through chat interaction.

A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN: WOMEN AND POWER IN THE NEW AMERICA had a one-night performance at the Albert and Victoria Museum, London, on June 30.

http://www.cocofusco.com/