3:33 Public Service Announcement is a commentary on the authority and self-control possessed by the voice of the radio announcer. There is a nod towards the famous Orson Welles “War of the Worlds” radio drama in regards to the ultimate trust that is placed on the radio announcement as a voice of authority. However, during this announcement the voice is interrupted by the human compulsions of the anatomical construct of “voice”, cracking the veneer of superiority and revealing the vulnerability of the human condition. --- Cilla Vee is Claire Elizabeth Barratt, an international interdisciplinary artist and founding director of Cilla Vee Life Arts. She holds an MFA from the Transart Institute of Creative Research, where she developed her performance pedagogy Living Art. She is converting her Asheville home into The Center for Connection + Collaboration. Artist Statment: I am a Transformer – I transform. I improvise, I compose, I plan, I build, I destroy, I re-build, I release. I explore, I discover, I create I am created. I am Raw Material. The Self: body and psyche. My Self: as medium for art. Art as Life / Life as Art Living Art.

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