The Art of Luv is a multi-part series of performance-rituals addressing the mythologies behind popular codes of romantic conduct. Plumbing popular media to deconstruct the romantic comedy genre and other contemporary romantic mythologies, ROKE will isolate, unpack and rearrange these conventions to create an exhaustive body of work, a “Lexicon of Love.” These works will be created in a storefront studio that serves as a porous creative public space for research, performance, ritual and community events. Planned performances include: Elliot—a group meditation addressing masculinity, insecurity and longing; Starbucks Infinity—the group passes from Starbucks to Starbucks and revisits pivotal moments in romantic comedies; and Two Love Stories for America—a mash-up of You’ve Got Mail and The Starr Report.
The Art of Luv
