1. Above image: Washed over, misplaced, erased, mixed media on paper, Deborah Wasserman, 2016
I am delighted to be commissioned by RPGA studio
(http://www.regoparkgreenalliance.org/qai-2016) once again to create a public
intervention for Queens Art Intervention 2016. A group of artists, myself included, will
be sharing our work concerning environmental issues with the public on the following
dates:
Sept 17th: 1-4PM: Diversity Plaza, 37th Road btw 73rd &74th Street, Queens

2. Deborah Wassermanʼs performance Dumped: Mother Earth/Queen of
Trash, aspires to bring awareness and understanding of the importance
of environmental issues to everyone in the context of our busy and demanding
lives in a contemporary urban setting.
In a continuation of her performance art, Wasserman will lament societyʼs
increasing disregard of Mother Earth-- the feminine, nurturing principal in
nature. The Earth was once revered and worshipped by many cultures and
societies around the world. The adoration of the Earth deities-- Isis, Demeter,
Gaia, Durga, Frigga, Danu, to name a few- may be considered ʻprimitiveʼ but
that reverence, according to Wasserman, was rooted in understanding the
importance of the feminine mother element in nature despite the advances of our
industrial society.
Living in the fast post- industrial, capitalistic society of today we seem to have
lost our understanding of the importance of “Mother Earth”. In her performance
Deborah will impersonate the fallen Mother Earth, wearing an 18ft trash cape unto
which pedestrians will be attaching additional garbage. She will be engaging in
conversation with passers by, sorting and collecting garbage and giving away
free earth and seeds of hope from her dumpster.
Quoting Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia and an environmentalist:
“Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live
without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live
without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.”