Spring Break
Superhero Project hopes to make social changes
Patrick Anders
Issue date: 3/27/07 Section: Features
A new group on campus is calling for superheroes.
Graduate student Jennifer Crones is in the MFA program for sculpture and is looking to create a group that gives individuals an opportunity to experience with performance art and activism. This group will bring various talents and abilities to the forefront in an effort to help better the community and society as a whole. Crones said The Superheroine/hero Project's name comes from the way people feel after doing something good.
"I believe that when people are involved and active they feel like heroes or maybe even superheroes. This group is for people who want to help and feel good about doing something."
"The group is open to anyone and everybody in the Bloomington-Normal area and no experience is necessary," Crones said.
Activism is one of the main aspects of the group and Crones' said she was inspired when she participated in a Mardi Gras-style anti-war protest in March of 2006.
"The protest used puppets, live performance and dance. People passing by were not angry, they were very engaging and even came off the sidewalks and into the street to participate in the march," Crones explained. "Protests and activism in general need to be rethought. People holding signs are not as effective as they once used to be. One-on-one situations tend to work [better]."
For now, Crones' main goal for the group is experimentation and to remind people how fertile their community is. Crones said she has access to an abundance of information and believes this access is a privilege that all college students have and should share with each other.
"If we work harder at sharing these resources, we can be so much more powerful," she said. "There is a lot of distance between people and the resources they use. I hope that this group can shorten that distance."
Crones would like people to contact her and describe their special talent or power. The group will develop personas through skits and performances and will take these to the streets, offering assistance to the public.
Graduate student Jennifer Crones is in the MFA program for sculpture and is looking to create a group that gives individuals an opportunity to experience with performance art and activism. This group will bring various talents and abilities to the forefront in an effort to help better the community and society as a whole. Crones said The Superheroine/hero Project's name comes from the way people feel after doing something good.
"I believe that when people are involved and active they feel like heroes or maybe even superheroes. This group is for people who want to help and feel good about doing something."
"The group is open to anyone and everybody in the Bloomington-Normal area and no experience is necessary," Crones said.
Activism is one of the main aspects of the group and Crones' said she was inspired when she participated in a Mardi Gras-style anti-war protest in March of 2006.
"The protest used puppets, live performance and dance. People passing by were not angry, they were very engaging and even came off the sidewalks and into the street to participate in the march," Crones explained. "Protests and activism in general need to be rethought. People holding signs are not as effective as they once used to be. One-on-one situations tend to work [better]."
For now, Crones' main goal for the group is experimentation and to remind people how fertile their community is. Crones said she has access to an abundance of information and believes this access is a privilege that all college students have and should share with each other.
"If we work harder at sharing these resources, we can be so much more powerful," she said. "There is a lot of distance between people and the resources they use. I hope that this group can shorten that distance."
Crones would like people to contact her and describe their special talent or power. The group will develop personas through skits and performances and will take these to the streets, offering assistance to the public.
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