Ladies and gentlemen, language has left the building.
Violet Juno, a performance artist from Oakland, Calif., will perform her show, “(I am still here) Language Has Left The Building,” which explores language and its connection to storytelling, at HopKins Black Box Theatre Friday.
Juno was originally studying fashion design at Washington University in St. Louis when she began feeling drawn to the sculpture department.
Juno’s professors were supportive, but they were interested in more than her sculptures.
“They said they really liked me standing next to [the sculptures] and telling them crazy stories about how I made them and why,” Juno said. “It kind of snowballed from be.”
She uses a special contact microphone on random objects to help her during the show.
“I’m letting the objects speak for themselves during the performance,” Juno said.
Tracy Shaffer, associate professor of communication studies at the University, saw Juno at the National Communications Association conference in San Francisco last year.
“Several of us who were at LSU attended [her] performance and thought it was amazing,” Shaffer said.
She also thinks Juno fits in perfectly in the theater.
“She’s got a visual arts and sculpture background and      combines that knowledge with her performance, which we find very interesting,” Shaffer said.
Juno believes the audience is an integral part of any performance. She said each show is special to the night it’s performed and to the audience.
“The performance is never the same again,” Juno said. “Something special is going to happen on Friday, and I’m looking forward to