Self-defense performance art: Shaun Leonardo's "I Can't Breathe"
by Andrea James from on (#27NHP)
Late last year, Shaun Leonardo reprised his art project called "I Can't Breathe." Audience members are paired up and taken through a series of self-defense instructions. It culminates with audience members put in chokeholds by their partners, where they learn that any defensive moves to keep their airways open can be classified as resisting arrest. (more")