CHRISTA * DONNER

dressed as our octegenarian selves in the year 2070, we head out to distribute zines to the public
Rants and Wrinkles, 2010
community-based project including storytelling, collage, zine, publishing, food, and public performance
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A month-long collaboration with chef/artist Tara Lane, students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Nursing Home residents, combining one-on-one interviews with weekly workshops on collage, zine-publishing, and storytelling.

Together we produced a series of small artist-made books exploring memory and aging, 120 envelopes containing wildflower seeds and advice from one generation to the next, and a 38-page zine with screenprinted covers containing advice, recipes, essays, and artwork.

Back in the studio, the younger half of our group imagined themselves in the year 2070, when we'd be 80+ years old. We developed costumes around this theme and held a cook-off in which teams designed the most delicious meals they could create within teams based on the restrictions of old age: soft foods, high fiber, low-sodium, low-sugar, and liquid diet. Bellies full and support stockings adjusted, we headed out to distribute our zines, seed packets, and words of wisdom to the public in downtown Chicago.

Collaborating artists: Christa Donner, Tara Lane, Rebecca Bruehl, Trey Chavez, Caira Connor, Soojin Jeon, Chris Yee, Sydnee Stratman, Kiah Rogers, Liana Jegers, Rachel Snack, Luis Rivas, Kate Hampel (TA). Nursing Home residents (last names withheld) included Milton, Bernice, Mary, Deborah, Bob, Laverne, Caesar, and Geoff.

Lecture and Open Studios, Yokohama

Rants and Wrinkles, 2010

community-based project including storytelling, collage, zine, publishing, food, and public performance