Monument Push was the world premiere of a physically intensive four-hour performance by artist Cassils. Along with community members, advocates, and allies, Cassils pushed a 1,300 pound bronze monument, titled Resilience Of The 20%, to sites of resistance and violence. The collective body/bodies present during the performance expressed the role of personal realities within larger cultural narratives and communal experiences—making space for unseen or obliterated histories of marginalized communities in downtown Omaha. Monument Push had six sites which explored spaces of trauma, violence, celebration, resistance, and resilience.
