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Stares And Stairs Blog Post: "So Many Stares: looking back at our first installation"
This blog post reflects upon the experience of the first ever Stares and Stairs instillation as well as the various supportive, kind, defensive, and violent reactions of students . Stares and Stairs posted this to their website on April 20, 2016.
Stares And Stairs Blog Post: "Photos from Past Performances"
This blog post includes photos from multiple instillations, and depicts the way that performers were dressed, spread out on the stairs, and paired with "bodyguards." Stares and Stairs posted this to their website on April 11, 2016.
Stares And Stairs Blog Post: "The Atwater Staircase: Performance Activism"
This was the first blog post Stares and Stairs posted to their website on February 2, 2016. This post lays out the origin and goals of the group.
Stares and Stairs Official Website
Want to understand the goals behind Stares and Stairs and the experience of performing? Want to hear about the reactions of students walking by? This is a link to the Stares and Stairs website. This website includes performer accounts and…
Morgan Grady-Benson Interview Recording
This is the audio recording of an interview with Morgan Grady-Benson '18 (she/her/hers). Morgan was a Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies major. At Middlebury she was very involved with It Happens Here and founded the anti-sexual assault…
Morgan Grady-Benson Interview Transcription
This is the transcription of an interview with Morgan Grady-Benson '18 (she/her/hers). Morgan was a Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies major. At Middlebury she was very involved with It Happens Here and founded the anti-sexual assault…
Campus Article: "Performance Art Piece Raises Awareness of Sexual Assault"
This is a news article published in the Middlebury Campus on May 12, 2016 and written by Elizabeth Zhou. This article discusses the goals and impacts of Stares on Stairs, which was still relatively new at the time.
Stares And Stairs Blog Post: "Rites of Spring//Complacency"
This blog post reflects on an attempted installation at Rites of Spring, an invite-only annual dance held by the "secret" fraternities at Middlebury. It speaks to the fact that the performers were kicked off of the property/alpaca farm by the owner…
Stares And Stairs Blog Post: "Thoughts on BORNS and Beyond"
This blog post reflects on how the Stares and Stairs installation outside of the BORNS Spring Concert was different than other locations and performances. It also addresses the group's attempts to avoid triggering survivors and other questions that…
Stares And Stairs Blog Post: "Post-Chromatic Mini-Responses"
This blog post includes responses from different "performers" and "bodyguards" after an installation at Chromatic, a social house on campus. These responses detail student reactions to the instillation and observations on the party culture among…