Sharon Garbe talks with Sarah Kanouse about the artist’s upcoming performance this Saturday, Nov. 11, at The Rotunda. “My Electric Genealogy” recaps the Kanouse family’s long ties to the electrical grid, by way of planning and engineering the grid in the Los Angeles area, working for the power companies. Family histories once seen as benevolent and celebrated become fodder for this one-woman performance that holds up an uneasy mirror to the past. Very few have Kanouse’s personal connection to the electrical grid, but we all have some kind of connection, making this performance highly relevant for today and tomorrow.
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