{"data":{"id":"12130","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":12130,"topgoose_id":3089,"tms_id":12130,"display_name":"Sharon Hayes","sort_name":"Hayes Sharon","display_date":"1970–","begin_date":"1970","end_date":"0","biography":"\u003cp\u003eIn the video installation\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"/collection/works/39044\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSymbionese\nLiberation Army (SLA) Screeds #13, 16,\n20 \u0026amp; 29\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, we see Sharon Hayes’s face looking\nstraight ahead, closely framed against\na white backdrop. Hayes recites four of the\naudiotaped messages recorded by heiress\nPatty Hearst to her parents and broadcast\nin the media after her kidnapping in 1974\nby the Symbionese Liberation Army,\na left-wing revolutionary group. On occasion\nHayes’s memory falters, and off-screen\nparticipants correct or prompt her with lines\nfrom the original transcript before the\nmonologue resumes. The tone of Hearst’s\ncommuniqués shifted over the months\nbetween the first and the last, as she began\ncollaborating with the SLA, but Hayes’s\nvoice remains affectless, imparting\nno position on what remains a contested\nepisode in American history.\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eSLA Screeds\u003c/em\u003e is one of a number\nof Hayes’s performances, videos, and\nvideo installations that take social or political\ndocuments from the past as their point\nof departure. She also has “respoken”\naddresses by Ronald Reagan and appeared\nwith protest signs from various eras\nin locations around New York and other\ninternational centers. This citing of the\npast in the present not only draws\nrenewed attention to old sources but also\nhighlights the mechanisms of a text’s\ntransmission, reception, and interpretation\nover time, and often testifies to stasis\nas much as change when her sources\ntake on contemporary reverberations and\nrelevance. Equally important, Hayes’s\nwork underscores the performative\ndimension of public activism and political\nspeech, demonstrating how much of\nwhat a message means is determined by\nhow, when, and where it is conveyed.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":false,"artport":false,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":"500294132","wikidata_id":"Q2277261","created_at":"2017-08-31T10:21:26.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-04-28T01:33:39.327-04:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/12130/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/12130/exhibitions"}}}}