Of All The People In All The World is a performance/art installation that uses grains of rice to bring formerly abstract statistics to startling and powerful life. In this captivating exhibition, each grain of rice is equal to one person and you are invited to compare the one grain that is you to the millions that are not. Over a period of days a team of performers carefully weigh out quantities of rice to represent a host of human statistics. The statistics and their juxtapositions can be subtle, witty and thought provoking. The work has been performed in cities from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Madrid to New York City, and past installations have included the people born today in the world and those who will die today, everyone who was killed in the Holocaust, all the millionaires in the USA and everyone who is HIV positive. As part of Feet to the Fire, Wesleyan commissioned Stan’s Cafe to produce a version of the work which helped to humanize the issues of climate change. At the conclusion of the installation, over 11,000 lbs. of rice was donated to local food banks.
As a means to engage audiences that might not otherwise attend the exhibit on campus, satellite exhibits were created in the community. Below is a video of the making of an exhibit located in a storefront in downtown Middletown.
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