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What Is Your Body Worth?

WUNC News | By Laura Pellicer,
Frank Stasio
Published May 31, 2018 at 12:15 PM EDT
In her new three-part performance series 'Buy It Call It' artist Monét Noelle Marshall explores themes of capitalism, race and self-worth.
Derrick Beasley
In her new three-part performance series 'Buy It Call It' artist Monét Noelle Marshall explores themes of capitalism, race and self-worth.
In her new three-part performance series 'Buy It Call It' artist Monét Noelle Marshall explores themes of capitalism, race and self-worth.
Credit Derrick Beasley
In her new three-part performance series 'Buy It Call It' artist Monét Noelle Marshall explores themes of capitalism, race and self-worth.

ArtistMonét Noelle Marshallhas been working intensely on a new three-part performance art project: “Buy It Call It.” It explores the price people put on their bodies and souls and how capitalism uniquely impacts women and people of color.

Host Frank Sasio talks with artist Monét Noelle Marshall.

To create the experiential art trilogy, Noelle Marshall dug deep into the strength and power of her own body. Marshall joins host Frank Stasio to speak about the second piece in the trilogy called ”Buy My Body And Call It A Ticket,” in which she will invite visitors to move through a space scattered with art and performances that address issues of body shame, trauma and race through the lense of the carnival.

“Buy My Body And Call It A Ticket” runs from Friday, June 8 through Saturday, June 16 at The Durham Fruit & Produce Company in Durham.

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Laura Pellicer
Laura Pellicer is a producer with The State of Things (hyperlink), a show that explores North Carolina through conversation. Laura was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, a city she considers arrestingly beautiful, if not a little dysfunctional. She worked as a researcher for CBC Montreal and also contributed to their programming as an investigative journalist, social media reporter, and special projects planner. Her work has been nominated for two Canadian RTDNA Awards. Laura loves looking into how cities work, pursuing stories about indigenous rights, and finding fresh voices to share with listeners. Laura is enamored with her new home in North Carolina—notably the lush forests, and the waves where she plans on moonlighting as a mediocre surfer.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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