Anonymous Theater Art Group

Bail Us Out

Wall Street, New York, NY (October 2008 - April 2010)

Satirizing the bank bail outs we periodically pretended to be financial workers busking for money outside the New York Stock Exchange. I juggled and twisted balloons into odd shapes while my coconspirators sang opera, jumped on a pogo stick, and tooted on a trumpet. For two years we told tourists, journalists, and police that we were unemployed bankers and hedge fund managers. Numerous major news outlets including The Wall Street Journal, C-SPAN, AM New York, Metro New York, Reuters, and Yahoo News, reported that as fact..

Army of Fun

Times Square Armed Forces Recruiting Center, New York, NY (May 2010)

Subverting the romanticization of military recruiting advertisements, we situated ourselves in front of the Times Square Armed Forces Career Center and satirically attempted to enlist children into the Army of Fun.