[1] The content of her art addresses the politics of everyday life and how communities engage through collaborative practices.
[2] Informed by the anti-war, civic protests, and feminist movements of the 1960s, Rothenberg has brought her performances and installations into the public sphere and outside of traditional gallery and museum venues.
Often concerned with labor issues[3] and intrusive government policies that limit individual mobility and rights, her performances since the 1980s have incorporated research to highlight the connections between historical events and contemporary issues of displacement and human rights.
[4] Rothenberg has exhibited her work in the Feast of Astonishments: Charlotte Moorman and the Avant Garde, the show traveled to Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Grey Art Gallery NYU, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art (2016–17).
In 1994 she had a solo show, Partial Index and a Probability..., at the Portland Museum of Art Maine.