OAKLEY BOYCOTT
“Art is anything and everything done with passion and attention to detail that shifts the way we experience the world.”
IN DEVELOPMENT
IN DEVELOPMENT
IN DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPMENT
In development:
Chomolung ma
Chomolungma is a short narrative film set in the Mountain West, adapted from the play by M. Jones.
After losing her husband on a failed summit expedition to Mount Everest, a woman is confronted by her grief and what it means to be alive. A raw and intimate exploration of grief as a part of the natural world in our Mountain State and those we leave behind.
SILENCE.
SILENCE is part on ongoing durational work 737 inspired by Marina Abramovic’s “The Artist is Present”
737 aims to log 737 hours of SILENCE before 2029 in performances across the country, focusing on arts access in rural communities.
SILENCE is currently touring as a part of the National Museum of Women in the Arts: Wyoming Women to Watch exhibition.
upcoming SILENCE
November 5th, 6th and 7th 9am-5pm
Lander Pioneer Museum Lander, WY
This installment of SILENCE will reach the 300th hour milestone on November 6th at 10am.
Public Reception with WYNMWA artists
November 6th 6pm Artist talk: 7pm
SILENCE will continue performance daily with no breaks until concluding on November 7th at 5pm
ECHO.
ECHO is a collaborative endurance art installation on community mental health.
NOISE
NOISE was a three-day long community collaborative mental health installation performed on the day before, on and after the 2024 election. A ‘auditory rage room” was created in the Carnegie Room of the Lander Library which cultivated a container for pure freedom of expression, protected by the First Amendment. Audience members were encouraged to express themselves in any capacity with no repercussions.
NOISE was funded almost entirely by elected officials and candidates running for public office.
S O U N D
Premiered October 9-11 at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming for the Wyoming Arts Council Biennial Fellowship exhibition,“Wyoming Wind” curated by Ginger Porcella, in conjunction with the Wyoming Arts Council summit, “Rooted and Ready”.
SOUND is the fourth endurance installation of the SENSES series following SILENCE, ECHO and NOISE.
SOUND was performed for three days with no breaks in the gallery of the Nic and is a collaborative documentation of the sounds we take for granted.
SOUND concluded with an artist talkback moderated by Anne Mason
sponsored by Artillect
So that it would be proof that we existed.
Photography by Mei Ratz
“Oakley Boycott is the kind of outlandish talent that Broadway used to harvest and write shows around; the sort of performer that has no better use for anyone but to be musical comedy star.”
-BroadwayWorld
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'...the hands-down winner was scene-stealing newcomer: Oakley Boycott...'
-Wall Street Journal