Emigré (2020)

Fisher organized and performed in Emigré a twopart happening at the Cats Paw Palace September 28 1974 and offsite at Aquatic Park in San Francisco September 29 In reaction to the political upheaval of Watergate and the economic precarity of living here as an artist Emigré was announced as an open call to artists and friends to emigrate from the Bay Area The first evenings event Leavin Blues described as dancetheatremusicrestaurant theatre prepared performers for the following day with a celebration of the natural migration of living things and natural phenomena Approximately twenty participants arrived at Aquatic Park with baskets bundles cages and old suitcases The quartermile walk from the western to the eastern end of the park proceeded with everyone taking one step every thirty seconds The Super8 film condensed four hours of walking into three minutes reflecting the distorted sense of time and relationship between the emigrants and passersby