The Flea Theater

we come to collect: a flirtation with capitalism is a new performance artwork written and performed by Jennifer Kidwell in collaboration with the artist collective the blackening. In this anti-capitalist ritual comedy, performers and the audience explore value, labor, and currency together. An emerging vision instigated by Kidwell and the blackening, this work melds genres from stand-up to performance art, clowning to carnival, and questions work-life’s inherent imbalance.