Politaoke is an audience-participation performance piece by Diana Arce, allows audience members to deliver, Karaoke-style, their favorite political speeches. Politician’s speeches and interviews are provided, word for word, edited into sections (songs) of 1–8 minutes. A series of debates, interviews and television appearances are also provided as duets. The current song menu includes George W. Bush, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Politaoke will tour the U.S. over throughout August and September, including performances August 22-27 in Denver, Colo., during the Democratic Convention. The U.S. premiere is July 30-31 at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, N.Y., as part of the Buffalo Infringement Festival. Diana Arce is an artist, filmmaker and activist who organized the first German/English version of Politaoke in a Bar in Weimar on January 30, then decided to expand and take the project on the road because of the 2008 elections. Naturally it's already all over Facebook and MySpace. Check the Web site for links.

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