Quintan Ana Wikswo's performance script for NONAGON FOR THE DEAD WHO ARE RISING (from OUT HERE DEATH IS NO BIG DEAL) is an improvised prose poem in nine parts - with music by Arthur Kell. A spiral of abstract conceptual compositions surrounding colonialism, genocide, and resistance, the Black Panthers, the Black Snake Dakota Access Pipeline, Nazi anthropologists, femicide, protection, connection, intersection, anger, Nambe Pueblo peyote, the dead who are living, the living who are dead, and the strings that weave us all together.
 
A nonagon is a nine-sided polygon. NONAGON FOR THE DEAD WHO ARE RISING is dedicated to all our ancestors, relations, and connections, our friends and enemies, our allies and adversaries who present us with opportunities to question and resist the loss of agency in our lives, psyches, minds, and bodies, and evolve and transform into beings of blessing and liberation. May we all find healing and inspiring connections for change even amidst the most challenging people and situations.

Supported by fellowships from Creative Capital, the Theo Westenberger Estate, and Some Serious Business. 

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ABOUT THE ARTIST
https://vimeo.com/75043426

PERFORMANCE VIDEO INSTALLATION: 
FIELDWORK https://vimeo.com/89473941

REVIEW IN HYPERALLERGIC
http://hyperallergic.com/192680/in-the-desert-a-vulture-spirit-follows-a-trail-of-femicide/

FIELDWORK in GUERNICA
https://www.guernicamag.com/features/fieldwork/

Quintan Ana Wikswo / Nonagon for the Dead Who are Rising (c) 18 October 2016

CARCASS
written and read by QUINTAN ANA WIKSWO
music composed and performed by ARTHUR KELL
performed October 2016 at MADRID GENERAL, Madrid NM
supported by Creative Capital and Some Serious Business

CARCASS is an excerpt from the major body of work OUT HERE DEATH IS NO BIG DEAL, which surrounds the semi-autobiographical experiences of living and working along the southwestern US border, with a focus on the experience of women and violence against women.

CARCASS / Quintan Ana Wikswo with Arthur Kell

On making things uncomfortable by arguing with neighbors, villages, my colleagues, friends, adversaries, my infuriated ancestors, and how to relocate a cactus during an ACLU travel warning. Many thanks to composer and musician ARTHUR KELL for the musical compositions.

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Bumblemoth Podcast / Episode 1 / Quintan Ana Wikswo 051517

THE NEW UNFORGETTING: PERFORMANCE FOR SIX ELK 
vocals, music, text and narration by Quintan Ana Wikswo
22 December 2017

From the book in progress, THE BLUE AT THE BASE OF THE FLAME. Quintan Ana Wikswo's original poems, essays, stories, photographs, and performances surrounding emotional turbulence in post-genocidal timespace. 

Performed on site for six elk at the Pecos River, Apache Ridge, New Mexico. 

(c) 2017 Quintan Ana Wikswo

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