Domestic Mobility is a social intervention performance that will take place on the streets of Calgary, on Friday, June 26 from 4 - 9pm, and Monday, June 29 from 12 - 3pm.

Donning the role of a hyper feminine 50s housewife, local artist Jasmine Valentina, will pull a car-sized bungalow down Stephen Avenue and other central downtown streets, parking the sculpture intermittently to interact with the public. The social intervention/performance aims to re-contextualize femininity as a symbol of strength and protest the male dominant, destructive culture of the city––one that hinders community development. While occupying parking spaces around the city, Valentina will interview bystanders on the subject of sustainable living in Calgary.

The sculptural ephemera and interviews will be exhibited in the Stride +15 Window from August - September, 2009 with an opening on August 6th from 7 - 8pm.

About the Artist

Jasmine Valentina is invisible. Not unlike a super-hero, she can pass through walls and permeate social borders without ever being distinguished as The Other. As a queer feminine woman, she occupies a theoretical space in which she can exercise different ways of thinking and being while appearing to conform to the prescribed female gender role.