TRUTH BE TOLD
the performers
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Alasia Allah
1st year Young Artist at Work “The Way It Is” is a poem describing the way people with low income in urban cities are trapped into the prison industrial system just by virtue of where they live, and look like. I created this piece to portray the surroundings within which the upbringing of those most frequently incarcerated takes place. My art hopefully demonstrates the oppressive systematic aspects of growing and living in a low income, urban community. |
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Denisse Lopez
1st year Young Artist at Work Fly is a dance performance in collaboration the the RSVP inmates from San Francisco County Jail #5.I created this piece because I believe that people aren't perfect, and the system isn't perfect, but I also believe that both have a huge potential to improve. I want to focus on that drive we all have - or have had - to fly, to be better, to go higher, and leave behind everything that could hold us back. Work together. Start fresh. Fly. |
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Jay Eppler
1st year Young Artist At Work I have created the video component to the performance piece, going to San Francisco Jail #5 and facilitating communication between the two performance casts through media. This was an incredible experience for me, and a powerful way to amplify these inmates voices beyond the walls of their current space. |
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Jackson Karel
1st year Young Artist At Work “What He Knew He Was Enough” is a short story about privilege, systemic cycles of oppression, and a touch of voyeurism. I created this piece because writing is a medium that represents my actual thoughts very closely. |
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June Herreria
2nd year Young Artist At Work “Guilt And Innocence” is a dance piece about different people’s individuals’ experience with juries and their opinions towards the ethics of the jury. I created this piece because I wanted to explore how much power a jury has over the verdict of a defendant and question the selection of jury members, at jury duty. |
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Mariluz Maldonado
1st year Young Artist At Work “We Have to Remember” is a poetic story about the similarities in opinion between people who are incarcerated and those who are not. In this collaboration with the R.S.V.P. students, we address similarities in our visions of the ideal day, thoughts about the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) before gaining knowledge about it, and thoughts about the PIC after learning about it.I created this piece because I feel it is extremely important for people to acknowledge that regardless of your state, whether you are "free" or incarcerated, we are all human and we should not forget that. |