Site Unseen, in Chicago this November
source: dcatheater.org
One of my favorite people, performance artist Julie Laffin, is curating Site Unseen 2009 this November for the The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. This year’s theme is disability and as part of the show, Julie will appear larger than life, piped in through Skype onto a projection screen. Her appearance is part of a performance piece she crafted with long-time collaborator (and this year’s assistant curator) Clover Morell in order to help increase visibility of the effects of environmental illness. Julie suffers from severe chemical sensitivity and chronic lyme disease and was unable to attend the show she curated last year due to her disability. This year’s theme came about as a result of Julie’s strong relationship with Chicago DCA Theater Director Claire Geall Sutton. The show will take place at the Chicago Cultural Center on Monday, November 09, 2009 from 6:00 pm — 9:00 pm and is free to the public. Stay tuned to Planet Thrive for a recap of the event by Julie herself.
Environmental illness educational brochure to be distributed during Julie Laffin’s performance.
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For more information please see: PerformInk article | dcatheater.org | Site Unseen blog | julielaffin.com | clovermorell.com
photo: © John W. Sisson, Jr./Courtesy The Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs
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Earthwalker is the username that PT founder Julie Genser created for her online interactions so many years ago when first creating Planet Thrive.
Julie's (Earthwalker's) life was derailed over twenty years ago when she had a very large organic mercury exposure after she naively used a mouth thermometer to measure the temperature of just-boiled milk while making her very first pizza at home. The mercury instantly expanded into a gas form and exploded out the back of the thermometer right into her face. Unaware that mercury was the third most neurotoxic element on Earth, Julie had no idea she had just received a very high dose of a poisonous substance.
A series of subsequent toxic exposures over the next few years -- to smoke from two fires (including 9/11), toxic mold, lyme disease, and chemical injuries -- caused catastrophic damage to her health. While figuring out how to survive day-to-day, and often minute-to-minute, she created Planet Thrive to help others avoid some of the misdiagnoses and struggles she had experienced.
She has clawed her way over many health mountains to get to where she is today. She is excited to bring the latest iteration of Planet Thrive to the chronic illness community.
In 2019, Julie published her very first cookbook e-book called Low Lectin Lunches (+ Dinners, Too!) after discovering how a low lectin, gluten free diet was helping manage her chronic fascia/muscle pain.
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