Kalan Sherrard

I like street performance because it's garbage time. The subway is garbage time: no one can say I'm wasting their time because…

— Kalan Sherrard

I do what I do because it seems to be critically missing in the world and I want to see it not-happen.

— Kalan Sherrard

I’m not doing anything wrong, I’m not obstructing anyone’s access. When I have a crowd I make sure that the crowd makes…

— Kalan Sherrard

[Do you know] how it feels to be a clownish character? It's always complicated to imagine conveying yourself outside of your body.…

— Kalan Sherrard

Everyone should be able to make art about ideas without getting cornered into self-art.

— Kalan Sherrard

I also eschew the identity of "puppeteer" it is a concept that blurs the boundaries of discrete objects and persons. I do…

— Kalan Sherrard

I'm interested in confronting police brutality and police abuse of cracking down on street performers and street artists, but also in valorizing…

— Kalan Sherrard

Most of the things are either not communicable through human expression or they're top secret. Also I'm working on being a better…

— Kalan Sherrard

I'm extremely critical. I don't consider myself a performance artist. I balk at the term performance art.

— Kalan Sherrard

Puppets and dolls are the gateways between human beings and objects. There are tons of cliches to spout about puppetry and animism,…

— Kalan Sherrard

Not being categorized is like keeping your mouth shut. Categorization is linguistic, people trying to understand each other. Words are misty, language…

— Kalan Sherrard

From my earliest youth I've been riddled with angst about the homogeneity of the world and have tried to do things to…

— Kalan Sherrard