AnarkoArtLab+Non Grata , New York performance at Russian consulate @3 PM at 9E 91st Str., NYC We bring body parts from Ukraine to deliver to the Russian Consulate in New York City. Ukraine is between two fires and we bring fire extinguishers to stop this madness. Worldwide army of anarchists and artists will liberate the world from the Evil Rabbit. Free Ukraine, free the World from imperialism!
performance pictures https://www.anarkoartlab.com/2022-anarkoartlab

SOCIAL SCULPTURE

PROCESS

COLLECTIVE CREATION AND COLLABORATION

SOLIDARITY BETWEEN INDIGENOUS AND ARTISTS

Melting Point by NON GRATA + GUERRILLA THEATER + ANARKOARTLAB

WSP - NY 2025 - January

Melting Point: The performance reflects on the growing divide between conservative and progressive ideologies, drawing attention to how the conflict between these two sides may seem glaring but ultimately leads to similar outcomes—consolidation of power, corruption, and institutional control. The notion that both sides “play the same game” can be symbolized through mirrored actions and elements that highlight their shared complicity in maintaining an authoritarian structure, despite their apparent differences.

Beheading Authority: The act of proposing the beheading of all authorities by quill becomes a metaphor for rejecting all hierarchical systems, particularly political figures and structures that perpetuate division. The beheading of authority is not only literal but also symbolic, questioning the very essence of power, control, and who deserves to hold power in society.

The president’s head on a soccer ball being tossed around by performers and audience members created an act of “playing” with these heads that served as both a liberation and a critique, where figures of power are reduced to powerless objects, challenging the audience to rethink their notions of authority, power, and respect.

Participants’ interactions with the heads ranged from mockery to destruction, symbolizing the act of dismantling systems of power.

Audience participation is key.

Melting Point can involve the audience in the dismantling of the figurative heads of power—perhaps each person is given the opportunity to interact with or even “break” the head, symbolizing a collective rejection of authoritarianism. In this case, the audience is not merely a passive observer, but an active participant in the political commentary of the performance.

The title Melting Point also suggests a metaphor for the collapse of rigid structures. In chemistry, a melting point refers to the temperature at which a substance changes from solid to liquid. This may symbolize the transformation of hardened political ideologies into something more fluid, more dynamic, and possibly more cooperative. It may reflect the idea that the tensions of polarized politics have reached a boiling point, where something must give way to a new form or reality.

This physical transformation may serve as a visual metaphor for the transient and decaying nature of power structures. The performance included discordant sounds—such as loud, aggressive political speeches or chaotic, fragmented noises—playing in the background, heightening the sense of tension and conflict. The performers moved in exaggerated, almost grotesque ways, playing on the absurdity of political systems. Their movements were ceremonial, perhaps suggesting both violence and the ritual of overthrowing power.

At its core, Melting Point critiques the polarity and duality of American politics, presenting both sides as equally complicit in the larger system of oppression. Empowerment through the dismantling of authority: By proposing the decapitation of all authority figures and allowing the audience to physically interact with these symbols, the play seeks to empower the audience to take control of the narrative and dismantle authoritarian structures.

Playing football with the head of authority during the performance symbolizes the impermanence of power and the eventual collapse of rigid political ideologies.

Ultimately, Melting Point is an intense and visceral commentary on the dangers of polarized thinking and the need for collective transformation. It is a call to question authority, break down power structures, and reclaim agency.

LOS T BONES - 2024

Ritual - healing bones from underground Washington Square Park and all victims of wars / NYC - 2024

with ANARKOARTLAB + ARTEMIS BEASTS + GUERRILLA THEATER

sounds BODYMECHANICNYC + JACOB COHEN

Special guest CARME

poem

collapses

non linear terms

waves

macroscopic systems

collapses all measurement

time

equations, spaces

collapses empires

central problems

collapse success

history, magnates, bureaucrats

collapses all models

collapses normality

the infinite dimensional

collapses all vectors

the principles, all evolution

and arbitrariness

collapses knowledge

the representation

collapses all physical systems, all information

the self

and all names

collapses all possibilities

collapses private propriety

and the nuclear family

collapses men women she he and all pronouns

collapses all configurations

all positions

and variables

collapses

all discussions and meanings

the unacceptable and ambiguity

collapses all consciousness

mistakes, destructions

collapses the obedience and linear law

collapses nature and all differences

[initial state]: [a/bk> + b/bj>|AO>

[final state]: (A|bk >|ak>+b|bj|aj>

collapses the order

and the chaos

collapses the collapses

collapses all control / power

collapses ego

collapses modulus, density

conditions

collapses

the existence

collapses the universe and all apparatus

collapses reality and all hypothesis

collapses all governments, police and military

collapses anticipation

and expressions

collapses we all

collapses all theories

process

dynamics

collapses your choices

quasi-collapses for end

collapses the random

collapses

now

instantly

unnormalized

disintegrating

disappearing

Interview with one of Founders and members of the

ANARKOARTLAB Shiri Mordechay

https://www.xibtmagazine.com/en/2021/11/interview-with-shiri-mordechay/

HEALING A SUICIDAL SOCIETY - at NYC Anarchist art festival together with 18th NYC Anarchist Book fair 2024 at La Plaza Community Garden NYC east village - 2024

Healing a suicidal society by ANARKOARTLAB / Guerrilla theater / Artemis Beasts and Friends

Healing a Suicidal Society is a performance that embodies the disintegration of social constructs through dynamic Social Sculpture, blurring the boundaries between artist and participant. Rooted in the poetic structure of the poems “Collapse” by Adrians Black and “Inside the Box,” by Ayakamay the performance is a living, breathing organism—fluid, nonlinear, and constantly dissolving.

The performance begins with a process of collective creation, where the audience is invited to contribute physically and conceptually, with a primal scream, eroding the distinction between artist and spectator. Fragments of the poem are spoken, whispered, and shouted in overlapping waves, creating a cacophony of voices that reflect the entropic unraveling of meaning. Language itself becomes unstable—words disintegrate into sound, sentences stretch and compress, collapsing into incoherence.

The space is transformed into a shifting landscape. Physical structures—paper walls, symbolic barriers with structures of authority and power—are slowly torn down, crumpled, and reshaped by the collective, symbolizing the collapse of social norms: property, gender, authority, and control. Participants’ movements become increasingly chaotic, blurring the boundaries between individual and collective bodies.

Visual and auditory elements heighten the disorientation. Elements simulate the collapse of physical systems, while dissonant soundscapes of industrial noise, distorted voices, and fragmented transmissions evoke a reality in free fall.

Throughout the performance, the principles of quantum uncertainty from being inside the box that can be either alive or dead [wave-particle duality] serve as metaphors for social instability. Equations, mathematical symbols, and abstract formulas are repeatedly drawn and erased, symbolizing the constant collapse of fixed knowledge and meaning.

The climax is a moment of collective entropy—performers and participants enact a ritual of dissolution, destroying symbolic structures, discarding identities, and collapsing into a raw, formless collective presence. The performance ends in a state of suspended ambiguity—disintegrating, denormalizing, and unrecognizable—leaving the audience with a sense of having experienced the collapse of self and society, only to be reconstituted through shared vulnerability and collective creation.

anarchist art festival (Living Theater 2010)

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Anarko art lab - Prisoner (Living Theater)

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anarchist art festival (Living Theater 2010)

Anarko art lab - Prisoner (Living Theater)

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