Carron Little
Poetry in Place by Carron Little, Woerdz 2018, Switzerland
photo by Franca Pedrazzetti
Chicago USA/ Scotland
Carron Little lives and works in Chicago, USA and is of Scottish heritage. Carron fuses poetry and performance art practices creating civic engagement projects and participatory public performances in cities and neighborhoods. She co-founded Out of Site Chicago with Whitney Tassie in 2011. Out of Site has transformed into a network and a platform for public performance practice in pandemic times. Carron was the convener of Flow • embody in site 2021, an online symposium for public performance practices with the Out of Site artist community.
The transformation of public places that have been compromised by systemic violence, institutional racism and sexism informs her long-term commitment to working in public space as an artist and cultural producer. Carron performs as queen of luxuria, a ‘digital sprite fairy’ who believes in the power of art to transform, empower, and to unite our communities. She has created a ‘palette of utopia’ that has evolved from an artistic process of discovery and experimentation. The joy of being creative is in constant dialogue between her interdisciplinary art practice and her bodywork practice.
To date Carron has presented her performances and artistic work in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Maryland, and Oklahoma in the USA and internationally in Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Spain, and Switzerland. Most recently, in 2021 Carron’s performances include a participatory performance project for Luddington, Michigan in Spring 2021 entitled Gie Ben Ilka Gill | To Give In Each Measure curated by Eden Unluata-Foley, a collaborative public performance with Isa Fontbona on the steps of Girona Cathedral in Spain on July 19, a performance curated by Martine Viale for Action Art Encounter on September 5 in partnership with Experimental Sound Studio, an invitation to participate in Intimate Bridges in Athens, Greece by Theater Entropia and a commissioned performance work for the Research-Creation in Urgent Times Conference curated by Beau Coleman for the Spar2c Research Center at University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada on October 22. On January 17, 2022 Carron was invited to participate in the Lock Unlock Performance Art Project organized by Dagmar Glausnitzer and invited by Beau Coleman.
Carron writes policy on equity, diversity, and inclusion in the arts authoring the 50 | 50 Initiative that was successfully implemented at the College Arts Association 2020. She will be presenting at CAA 2022 on the panel to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Feminism and is actively involved in public art policy in Chicago, USA.
