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Lulu Lolo’s Son Alex
DUTY FREE RANGER: BUTTERFACE CHARMS

first performed on November 21, 2015
Two streets in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY
performed once in 2015

RORY GOLDEN

Brooklyn, NY
rorynewyork@hotmail.com

DUTY FREE RANGER: BUTTERFACE CHARMS
RORY GOLDEN

Dressed in yellow as a mashup of a European dandy and park ranger, Duty Free Ranger holds a wooden box filled with tiny toys and charms. He grants them to passersby, whispering a prayer or telling them about the charm’s secret history. He may have eaten garlic in advance but bad breath brings good news. “DFR” destabilizes and satirizes colonialism, militarism, and complacency via performative public interventions—“fashion rituals” that inspire curiosity and awaken onlookers. The performances connect contemporary cultural expressions, i.e., fashion, with our colonialist history.