MOAD MDC Presents: Alternative Facts by Paul Ramirez Jonas 10/20/19

MOAD MDC Presents: Alternative Facts by Paul Ramirez Jonas
Sunday, 10/20/2019 – 11:00 am – 02:00 pm
HARTVEST PROJECT at Pinecrest Gardens
11000 Red Road,
Pinecrest, Florida 33156
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MOAD MDC will present Alternative Facts, an interactive public performance by Paul Ramírez Jonas that explores the concept that truth is a social contract. Over the course of two days in two different parts of the city, the artist will engage individual members of the public in a series of actions that call into question commonly understood ideas about facts, authority, exchange, value, and trust.

For Alternative Facts, Ramírez Jonas will set up notary stations in public locations. For several hours each day, he will invite passersby to participate in a simple exchange in which they sit at the table and make an untruthful statement. Through a brief but elaborate process, the artist will notarize each statement as a testament to its truthfulness. The participants are then asked to pay for the service with a gold coin, which is made by the artist electroplating their spare change in a gold solution. The exchange results in two drawings: one for the participant to keep and another to be displayed near the notary station.

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