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Miller to Deliver BODY BLOWS at Oglethorpe
University
Atlanta - He took his freedom-of-speech
fight all the way to the Supreme Court ... and won. Now acclaimed
activist, writer, and "NEA Four" performance artist Tim Miller
concludes his guest artist-in-residency at Oglethorpe University
with a spunky, swaggering one-man show. Based on his book of the
same name, Miller will perform “Body Blows” on Friday, September 13
at 8 p.m. in Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University.
From a first kiss to a basher's fist, Tim Miller puts up his dukes
and faces off against his own history as a gay man, raising his
voice to honor the Slings and Eros of outrageous queer fortune.
Tim Miller is an internationally acclaimed performance artist
having performed all over North America, Australia, and Europe in
such prestigious venues as Yale Repertory Theatre, the Institute of
Contemporary Art (London), the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and
the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He is the author of the books “Shirts
& Skin” and “body Blows” and his solo theater works have been
published in the play collections “O Solo Homo” and “Sharing the
Delirium.” Since 1990, Miller has taught performance in the dance
and theater departments at UCLA and Cal State.
Miller has received numerous grants from the National Endowment
for the Arts. In 1990, Miller was awarded an NEA Solo Performer
Fellowship, which was overturned under political pressure from the
Bush White House. Miller and three other artists, the so-called “NEA
Four,” successfully sued the federal government with the help of the
ACLU for violation of their First Amendment rights and won a
settlement where the government paid them the amount of the defunded
grants and all court costs. Though the Supreme Court of the United
States decided in 1998 to overturn part of Miller’s case and
determined that “standards of decency” are constitutional criterion
for federal funding of the arts, Miller vows “to continue fighting
for freedom of expression for fierce diverse voices.”
Funny, physical, forceful, and
brimming with compassion, this is a "Miller's Tale" not to be
missed!
Tim Miller in “Body Blows.” Adult
Themes. For reservations call 404-504-1074 or e-mail theatre@oglethorpe.edu.
Tickets are $10.00.
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