Across an immersive spectacle of animatronics, large-scale sculptures, video installations, and powwow grounds, The World’s UnFair invites you to play a part in a decolonized future. Brought to you by New Red Order (NRO), a public secret society of informants and collaborators dedicated to rechannelling desires for indigeneity towards the expansion of Indigenous futures, The World’s UnFair offers a practical solution to growing calls for the return of Indigenous land: Give It Back.
Moved to action? Take a step. Donate to Lenni Lenapexkweyok, a collective of individual Lenape matriarchs who are working to increase Lenape presence in their homelands, immediately and long term. Reach out directly to the collective regarding further collaboration, supporting Lenape return, and/or giving land back at lennilenapexkweyok@gmail.com. Follow @lennilenapexkweyok on Instagram to get the latest.
New Red Order (NRO) is a public secret society facilitated by core contributors Jackson Polys, Adam Khalil, and Zack Khalil. New Red Order (NRO) works with networks of informants and accomplices to create grounds for Indigenous futures. NRO emerges in contradistinction to an older, extant secret society dubbed “The Improved Order of the Red Men,” an American organization, revived in 1934 as a whites-only fraternity, whose redface rituals and regalia are inspired by the country’s most famous, foundational act of Indigenous appropriation: the donning of Mohawk disguises by the Sons of Liberty during the Boston Tea Party. If the foundation of settler society rests both on desires for indigeneity and the violent displacement of Indigenous land and life, NRO asks how those desires could be channeled toward productive and sustainable ends.
Artist: New Red Order (NRO)
Project Curation and Execution: Creative Time
Negative Space: Public Art Project Management Advisor; Public Art Management of Fort Freedumb
Location: Long Island City, NYC September 15-October 22, 2023
Learn more at creativetime.org & catalystdance.com