Dr. Desiree Rowe, professor at Towson University and Kleinau guest artist, joins Mario via the power of the internet* to discuss anti-method and her performance, Wave 1-12-22. "Shaped by the sudden death of her unvaccinated father in January 2022 from Covid-19 and long form interviews with Covid-19 grief activists, in Wave 1.12.22 Rowe explores how the work to democratize grief and hold politicians accountable for Covid-19 deaths twists around, though, and against the personal. In midst of the institutional and governmental structures that force a particular type of mourning for a particularly imagined personhood, Wave 1.12.22 revels in a queer mourning that pushes back."

*Please forgive some awkward editing around the 9 and a half minute mark; sometimes the internet is less powerful than we'd like.