Drastic Action will present Dis Place: Paper and Word, artistic director, Aviva Geismar’s multi-media exploration of the American legacy of displacement. The seed of Dis Place, was a deep dive into the history of “urban renewal” in the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area in Manhattan’s Lower East Side which branched out to encompass multiple related concepts and histories including: the human right to a home, the experience of being unhoused, New York’s current housing crisis, and the multiple ways we create and define home. The program will include two works: one a video, and the other an interactive, live performance piece. The work makes palpable the experience of displaced individuals and surfaces the absurdity of housing policies as well as solutions for affordable, sustainable housing. Audience members are evicted, led in an “emotional distancing meditation” and invited to participate in a carnival-like demolition game.