WEBVTT 00:00:01.945 --> 00:00:04.736 [Financial District--Manhattan] 00:00:08.098 --> 00:00:12.697 [New York Close Up] 00:00:14.937 --> 00:00:20.210 [Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Studios] 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:31.883 ["Shana Moulton's Portable Performance"] 00:00:34.983 --> 00:00:37.575 How did that look? Pretty good? 00:00:38.617 --> 00:00:41.250 Did it seem like I was scrolling my iPad or iPhone? 00:00:41.327 --> 00:00:43.098 [Shana Moulton--Artist] 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. 00:00:51.378 --> 00:00:53.792 OFF CAMERA: With obviously not your fingers but your full body? SHANA: Yeah, right. 00:00:56.080 --> 00:01:00.674 This is my wig bag. It’s all wigs. Well, and some bags. 00:01:06.496 --> 00:01:15.209 Okay, wig, book light, I think that’s it. Oh, I have a list. 00:01:18.608 --> 00:01:20.484 I got it. 00:01:22.214 --> 00:01:26.756 So I hadn’t been performing so much before I came to New York. 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. 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. 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. 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. 00:02:08.756 --> 00:02:11.867 [Bronx River Art Center--Mott Haven, Bronx] 00:02:23.303 --> 00:02:27.021 [Tonight is the opening] 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. 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. 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. 00:02:52.435 --> 00:02:56.352 And I hate that feeling of not being totally prepared. 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.... 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. 00:03:23.044 --> 00:03:24.733 How’s the makeup looking? 00:03:24.841 --> 00:03:25.854 OFF CAMERA: You’re getting there. 00:03:25.977 --> 00:03:28.228 SHANA: Okay. [LAUGHS] 00:03:30.570 --> 00:03:39.576 Sometimes people don’t realize that I’m in a costume. They just think I’m a...the wacky woman skulking in the back. 00:03:41.249 --> 00:03:42.002 Are you starting? 00:03:42.149 --> 00:03:44.322 [Erin Riley Lopez--Curator] 00:03:44.398 --> 00:03:46.628 ERIN RILEY LOPEZ: Yeah...I wanted to...I didn’t realize you were out here. 00:03:46.774 --> 00:03:48.627 SHANA: I’ll be right behind you. 00:03:48.729 --> 00:04:16.913 ♪ 00:04:17.154 --> 00:04:24.051 Leading up to the performance is totally nerve-wracking, but once I’ve started I love it. I’m like having a great time. 00:04:24.184 --> 00:04:40.946 ♪ 00:04:41.068 --> 00:04:42.881 I eat pink. 00:04:47.571 --> 00:04:55.120 [APPLAUSE] 00:05:00.257 --> 00:05:08.118 Yeah, it was a nice response, wasn’t it? Yeah, yeah, I was happy. I mean people... 00:05:08.223 --> 00:05:21.978 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.... 00:05:22.081 --> 00:05:24.605 I felt...I felt alright about it. You know. 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:30.569 You know it’s...it’s a job. 00:05:33.430 --> 00:05:36.863 As long as I’m prepared it works out fine.