AMERi[KKK]an Baroque

PRODUCTION BUDGET & TRANSPARENCY (TARGET: $15,000)

To execute this critical climax—including the NYC street actions, dual-site installation, and 4K cinema documentation—we are raising production capital directly through private patron support and fiscal sponsorship. Every dollar raised goes directly into hard operational assets on the ground:

• Lead Artist & Director Honorarium ($3,000): 5 years of research, physical durational performance, site logistics, and editorial direction.

• 4K Cinematography & Field Audio Crew ($3,500): 2-person crew (Lead DP & 2nd Cam/Audio Lead) for 3-day public interviews and continuous 10-hour street shoot.

• Nomadic Venue & Site Staging Basecamp ($2,000): On-site staging location, basecamp operations, and Grace Exhibition Space nomadic partner space allocation.

• Post-Production, Storage & Media Suite ($1,500): Rugged SSD backup drives, editing software, color grading, and archival audio mastering.

• Industrial Ice Production & Doll Fabrication ($1,400): Custom freezing of 8 multi-racial reborn preemie dolls into clear industrial ice blocks (coordinated with Sculptures of NYC) and doll fabrication materials.

• SAPO Permits, NYPD Licensing & Insurance ($1,200): NYC Street Activity licensing, public sound permits, and action liability insurance policy.

• Performance Action Materials & Transport ($1,000): 80lb barbed-wire confessional frame, chitterlings, synthetic blood, flags, rope, black soap, and cargo van rentals.

• Production Assistants & Street Safety Crew ($600): 2 dedicated PAs / street safety leads @ $300/day for 10-hour street logistics and crowd safety.

TOTAL DIRECT PRODUCTION FUND: $15,000

THE PROJECT

Ameri[KKK]an Baroque is a monumental, 10-hour public durational street activation and film shoot confronting site, labor, historical memory, and the ritual body in New York City. Marking the climax of my five-year film project, The Soul Searcher, this hybrid art-documentary interrogates America’s fractured DNA—exposing how racial violence established the national blueprint for othering, marginalization, and human division through a three-day public interview process and site-specific ritual.

Operating across five distinct stations on the pavement and anchored by a living sanctuary installation in partnership with Grace Exhibition Space, I am dragging reborn preemie dolls frozen in industrial ice blocks bound by nooses, occupying an 80lb barbed-wire confessional, and conducting a public purification ritual.

This work lays a foundation for public discourse around human fracture and the need for unitive healing—inviting any and all who have experienced systemic dispossession, isolation, or dehumanization into the conversation.

HOW TO DONATE (100% TAX-DEDUCTIBLE)

Ameri[KKK]an Baroque is produced under the Fiscal Sponsorship of Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Inc., a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to radical performance art.

All private contributions made to Ameri[KKK]an Baroque through Grace Exhibition Space are 100% tax-deductible under federal law. Official tax receipts are generated automatically upon donation.

Option 1: Donate Online via Credit Card or Debit Card

Click the button below to make an instant, tax-deductible contribution through our secure fiscal sponsor portal on Zeffy.

Option 2: Donate by Check or Wire Transfer

For major contributions, tax planning, or donor-advised funds, checks can be made out directly to Grace Exhibition Space with "Ameri[KKK]an Baroque" in the memo line:

Payer: Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Inc.

Memo Line: Ameri[KKK]an Baroque / Preach R Sun