Sally Jacques' performances, tailor-made for such local sites as the Capitol, Laguna Gloria, and Town Lake, qualify her as a pioneer in the area of site-specific work here. A deeply committed political artist who thinks globally and acts locally, Jacques goes to great lengths to stage projects in which Austin's natural locales and buildings figure as set pieces and characters. This often entails hauling about equipment usually housed in a theatre, battling Mother Nature, and, as Jacques puts it, "feeding all of God's creatures." To those who have seen or taken part in her outdoor shows, she is hailed as the Queen of Mosquito Swatting.
