Inspired by the durational performance art of he yun chang: www.amino.org.uk/current.html

I propose exploring the lesser-known (and vernacularly emerging) concept of "brevitational" performance art.

In a cross-cultural celebration of the Asian New Year (it’s not just China, ya know!), participating artists would skip back and forth across the Virginia Street bridge, dressed as rats (or made-up as rats, since I doubt there are many rat costumes available in Reno – I think just ears, whiskers, and tails would suffice), 7 times (a lucky number in many Asian Cultures), then head north along Virginia Street (taking care not to step on any cracks - in recognition of western culture’s perceived connection of crack stepping to a decline in maternal health), and then east on Second Street (with the artists exhibiting a variety of facial expressions, to convey westerners ambivalence toward the growing economic dependence on eastern countries), finally ending at the Pho 777 Vietnamese restaurant for lunch.

If performed on February 20, 2008, (around noon, so oxymoronically employed artists could participate), the event would correlate with the celebration of the 15th day of the Lunar New Year. Notably, the fifteenth day of the new year is celebrated as Yuánxiāo jié (元宵节), otherwise known as Chap Goh Mei in Fujian dialect. This day marks the end of the New Year festivities.

Additionally, as the day is often celebrated as the Lantern Festival (wherein families walk the streets carrying lit lanterns), the participates would carry flashlights (combining the historical Asian tradition with western-ish technology; “western-ish” as there is a 99.9% probability that any flashlight utilized in the performance would have been made in an Asian country.

Any takers?