“Recall the memory of shapeless existence. Remember the feeling of limitless love. A traveling performance sculpture throughout Kit Carson Park.”

Can we create community/home in the places where we are currently living either by choice or by circumstance? SeeSaw examines interactions between the masses of the displaced and the forces of nativism; exploring the power dynamics that exist at points of contact. Instrumental in that struggle is the way in which societal mechanisms create chaos, dysfunction, and imbalance. SeeSaw performers embody our cultural contradictions while lyrically navigating a difficult landscape illustrating resiliency, adaptation, collective creativity, and mutuality. 

The power dynamics that surround issues of migration are not simple, and are impacting individuals and communities in serious and often life threatening ways. We want to do justice to these stories and struggles as we ask ourselves what is our responsibility as “citizens” in the current dialogue about immigration and how can we effect meaningful change? 

About the artist: In 1997 artists from Wise Fool Puppet Intervention in California joined with Clowns Without Borders and New Mexico based artist/activists to bring a puppet circus tour to Zapatista villages in Chiapas, Mexico. Inspired by this collaboration, a small collective of women artists began offering hands-on experiences in puppetry and circus arts as a vehicle to build community and promote social justice. Thus Wise Fool New Mexico was born. Out of garages and in old horse corrals we built grassroots circuses, giant puppet processions and taught our first summer circus camps. Now a beloved and award-winning non-profit organization at the center of Santa Fe's performing arts scene, Wise Fool serves 2,000 youth with hands on activities and 14,000 audience members annually with high-quality experiences built upon our enduring core values of community, arts accessibility, and social justice.