Born 1981, in Arcata, CA, lives in Cambridge, MA and works in Boston, MA
Berrigan received her MFA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA and her BA from Hampshire College
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Caitlin Berrigan baits her audiences with food—in the forms of edible sculpture and props for live participatory actions or performances—and dares her public to wrestle with the social and cultural disparities of our time. She uses food as an ironic instrument to question why the treatment of certain diseases or attitudes about specific economic opportunities are popularized over others, and how those diverse inquiries relate to a larger national conversation about class. For Berrigan, food is an accessible means through which to probe how social class permeates our culture, interpersonal relationships, and careers, amidst an ever-widening chasm between the wealthiest elite and the American majority.
Spectrum of Inevitable Violence
Installation by Caitlin Berrigan at the Cyclorama
In partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts
Cyclorama at the BCA | 539 Tremont Street
View Caitlin Berrigan’s installation at the BCA February 13–19 from 3–5 pm. Free admission
Interactive Performance: Spectrum of Inevitable Violence
Wednesday, February 15, 6 pm, free admission
THIS PROGRAM IS AT CAPACITY, please attend the panel discussion on Thursday, February 16 or visit the BCA during open hours to view the installation.
The unresolved, elusive, but timely forces of cultural and spatial politics are at the heart of Caitlin Berrigan’s Spectrum of Inevitable Violence, which will transform the Cyclorama into a massive arena to explode ideas about social class. Berrigan, who often integrates performance with edible art, asks participants to analyze their class background and map it out as a territory to defend in a dynamic confrontation—with food as ammunition. This battle provides an outlet for all the tensions that lie below the surface of language, and for the inadequacy of survey and analysis to fully represent interpersonal coercions of class and social mobility.
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