The Death of Myth-Making

2021 – ongoing

performance, HD video

2h per day, 3 days per cycle

The Death of Myth-Making is an ongoing series of public performance cycles directed and written by the parafictional character Claire Fischer. Each cycle spans three days, over the course of which Claire’s hired stand-ins deliver monologues, written autobiographically by Claire, for two hours each day across various locations in Chicago. Over the course of the performance cycles, the modes of documentation change.

direction and scripting by Claire Fischer; performances by Kelly Rose Marry and Katie Bellantone; production by Claire Fischer, Conrad Cheung, and Joel Ruby

The Death of Myth-Making (Lincoln Mall)

2021

The Death of Myth-Making (29th Birthday)

2021

The Death of Myth-Making (“NO ONE WANTS TO PAY THE COST OF FREEDOM. 07-31-22”)

2022