about
The Forum Collective produces work exploring political moments that represent universal human experiences. While analyzing work through this lens, we create projects blending live performance, gallery curation, and journalistic reporting. The end result is a multi-layered exploration of sociopolitics.
Focused on shared governance, The Forum’s Artistic Board is composed of multidisciplinary producers and curators. Its members analyze a central piece of work in relation to a political, social, or historic trend while deciding on actions as a group. This structure allows us to:
Redefine the definition of journalism theatre while responding directly to current social and political events.
Detach from traditional hierarchies that have previously excluded marginalized communities.
mission
The Forum Collective creates spaces in which artists and audiences can contextualize the issues and questions raised by the project in terms of their real-world impacts.
Our projects are multidisciplinary and include live performance, visual & audio art, written articles, and digital data compositions. The end result relates to different types of people and learning styles while deeply exploring a central topic.
Our projects utilize interviewing and researching the communities or topics that are central to the work. While this forces our Artistic Board to consider respectful representation, this allows us to showcase the nuances in the narratives of marginalized groups.
Our projects focus on community outreach by including experts and advocates from relevant communities to lead or participate in panels and discussions.
The Forum Collective blends live performance, gallery curation and journalistic reporting to contextualize current events and emotionally engage with audiences. This unique mix of structure and intention leads to work that speaks for, to, and with audiences.
team members
Julius Rea*
artistic and editorial director
advisory members
Kieran Beccia*
Marisa Gabriela Ramos
Leigh Rondon-Davis
Ryan Takemiya*
previous members
Katharine Hada*
Jesse Suterley*
*founding member
a commitment to supporting indigenous peoples
We encourage organizations and individuals to contribute to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust in the form of an annual voluntary land tax to support re-matriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration projects. If you would like to learn more or to incorporate this into your practices, please click on the button below.