Validated was a site-specific, speculative futurist performance at Boston’s City Hall on March 29, 2025 as a part of an event called STATES OF EMERGENCE, a takeover of City Hall by Boston’s Mobius Artist Group.
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It’s March 29, 2038, the ten-year anniversary of our FINALLY eradicating the causes of tyranny in the USA. Of course it all started right here in Boston with our thoughtfully designed validation system, so come and celebrate with us, while also getting your validation up to date!
Validation is a quick and easy process where a fellow citizen affirms your validity and the city’s validation officer certifies it, providing you with a stamped, dated certificate that you can show if your validity is ever called into question.
STATES OF EMERGENCE features participatory and experimental works in movement, light, sound, time, and interactive engagement. In response to contemporary threats to American democracy, society, and culture, States of Emergence asks: how do we emerge from this moment? By coming together to be grounded in our bodies, embrace complex emotions, listen to diverse stories, and share concerns with one another, we hope this evening of experiential dialogue will be a moment of catharsis and collective imagination toward a better future. This event is made possible by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, City of Boston, and showcases the work of fifteen artists and collaborators within the Mobius Artists Group, curated by Jasper A. Sanchez.
The Mobius Artists Group is a Boston-based artists’ collective committed to creating original, experimental work in all media. Its home is Mobius, Inc., an artist-run non-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization that creates opportunities to generate, shape and test experimental art. Founded by Marilyn Arsem in 1975, Mobius has been a regional and transnational laboratory for supporting and building relationships among fellow artists. They have presented work involving thousands of artists over the past 50 years. Works created by members of Mobius Artists Group have been presented throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Several notable exchanges with artists from Norway, Northern Ireland and Ireland, Croatia, Macedonia, Poland, and Taiwan have focused on public sites as incubators for discourse.
More information at https://statesofemergence.splashthat.com/
Photos by Annielly Camargo and Ally Schmaling.