1 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Financial District--Manhattan] 2 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [New York Close Up] 3 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Studios] 4 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 ["Shana Moulton's Portable Performance"] 5 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 How did that look? Pretty good? 6 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Shana Moulton--Artist] 7 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Did it seem like I was scrolling my iPad or iPhone? 8 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So that’s...that’s the sort of part I need to coordinate before I go is getting that timing right. 9 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 OFF CAMERA: With obviously not your fingers but your full body? SHANA: Yeah, right. 10 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 This is my wig bag. It’s all wigs. Well, and some bags. 11 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Okay, wig, book light, I think that’s it. Oh, I have a list. 12 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I got it. 13 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So I hadn’t been performing so much before I came to New York. 14 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And then I also didn’t have a studio then. I was so broke when I moved here, so I decided to try to build the set with stuff that I could animate on my computer. 15 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So that was like the first time I made this decision to scale down and make this portable performance. 16 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It’s usually like me running around on the subway or maybe a car service if I’m feeling really glamorous. 17 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 With like all my props, you know on my arms, and uh, setting up half an hour before the performance starts. 18 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Bronx River Art Center--Mott Haven, Bronx] 19 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Tonight is the opening] 20 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 With these performances I don’t really know exactly how big this projection will be you know in relationship to my body. 21 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You know if I’m like taller than this projection then that’s not going to really work. 22 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The worst is like if I get there and I can’t test you know the...the DVD and the projection. 23 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And I hate that feeling of not being totally prepared. 24 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You know at an opening the attention span is you know at a certain level and something a lot longer than ten minutes is just like too long or.... 25 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I mean especially for my work it’s not about...it’s not really about that kind of challenge. 26 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 How’s the makeup looking? 27 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 OFF CAMERA: You’re getting there. 28 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 SHANA: Okay. [LAUGHS] 29 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Sometimes people don’t realize that I’m in a costume. They just think I’m a...the wacky woman skulking in the back. 30 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Erin Riley Lopez--Curator] 31 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Are you starting? 32 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 ERIN RILEY LOPEZ: Yeah...I wanted to...I didn’t realize you were out here. 33 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 SHANA: I’ll be right behind you. 34 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 ♪ 35 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Leading up to the performance is totally nerve-wracking, but once I’ve started I love it. I’m like having a great time. 36 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 ♪ 37 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I eat pink. 38 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [APPLAUSE] 39 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Yeah, it was a nice response, wasn’t it? Yeah, yeah, I was happy. I mean people... 40 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 People tend to respond positively for most performance, so I don’t know if I can really go off that as, you know a gauge for how successful it really was but.... 41 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I felt...I felt alright about it. You know. 42 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You know it’s...it’s a job. 43 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 As long as I’m prepared it works out fine.