1 00:00:01,945 --> 00:00:04,736 [Financial District--Manhattan] 2 00:00:08,098 --> 00:00:12,913 [New York Close Up] 3 00:00:15,061 --> 00:00:20,210 [Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Studios] 4 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:31,883 ["Shana Moulton's Portable Performance"] 5 00:00:34,983 --> 00:00:37,575 How did that look? Pretty good? 6 00:00:38,617 --> 00:00:41,250 Did it seem like I was scrolling my iPad or iPhone? 7 00:00:41,327 --> 00:00:43,098 [Shana Moulton--Artist] 8 00:00:45,114 --> 00:00:50,100 So that’s...that’s the sort of part I need to coordinate before I go is getting that timing right. 9 00:00:51,378 --> 00:00:53,792 OFF CAMERA: With obviously not your fingers but your full body? SHANA: Yeah, right. 10 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,674 This is my wig bag. It’s all wigs. Well, and some bags. 11 00:01:06,496 --> 00:01:15,209 Okay, wig, book light, I think that’s it. Oh, I have a list. 12 00:01:18,608 --> 00:01:20,484 I got it. 13 00:01:22,214 --> 00:01:26,756 So I hadn’t been performing so much before I came to New York. 14 00:01:28,629 --> 00:01:37,684 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 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:46,528 So that was like the first time I made this decision to scale down and make this portable performance. 16 00:01:52,181 --> 00:01:58,837 It’s usually like me running around on the subway or maybe a car service if I’m feeling really glamorous. 17 00:02:00,998 --> 00:02:08,579 With like all my props, you know on my arms, and uh, setting up half an hour before the performance starts. 18 00:02:08,756 --> 00:02:11,867 [Bronx River Art Center--Mott Haven, Bronx] 19 00:02:23,689 --> 00:02:27,021 [Tonight is the opening] 20 00:02:28,722 --> 00:02:35,088 With these performances I don’t really know exactly how big this projection will be you know in relationship to my body. 21 00:02:36,361 --> 00:02:40,163 You know if I’m like taller than this projection then that’s not going to really work. 22 00:02:43,150 --> 00:02:50,253 The worst is like if I get there and I can’t test you know the...the DVD and the projection. 23 00:02:52,435 --> 00:02:56,352 And I hate that feeling of not being totally prepared. 24 00:03:05,136 --> 00:03:16,855 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 00:03:17,068 --> 00:03:21,933 I mean especially for my work it’s not about...it’s not really about that kind of challenge. 26 00:03:23,044 --> 00:03:24,733 How’s the makeup looking? 27 00:03:24,841 --> 00:03:25,854 OFF CAMERA: You’re getting there. 28 00:03:25,977 --> 00:03:28,228 SHANA: Okay. [LAUGHS] 29 00:03:29,186 --> 00:03:37,023 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 00:03:37,803 --> 00:03:38,903 Are you starting? 31 00:03:39,626 --> 99:59:59,999 [Erin Riley Lopez--Curator] 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.