My name is Birgit Larson. I will be sharing three projects:
Rachel Cohen is Racoco, fusing raw materials with absurdist visuals and quixotic choreography often in collaboration with other performers, visual artists, and composers.
Emla and Sarazina present a virtual rendition of “Moon Map,” a work in which they explore how to animate everyday intimacies in surprising ways, as their found connection has developed and affected these interactions over time. In this work, bodies become puzzle pieces as they charm and challenge each other and playfully navigate the world they’ve created together.
This is a sharing of my solo work/state of being pre COVID-19. I tussled with the concept of ‘solo,’ revealing my artistic voice as merely an echo of my community…my black community, my womxn community. —Kameron Chatman
Annie Heath will analyze and edit what is already there. Sometimes in the form of images, an old rehearsal clip, and a manipulated sound bite; but mostly she shares writing about this, or writing to escape from this, forming an odd blend of a confessional letter, journal entries, and poetry.
As MOLLY&NOLA, we sift through the humiliation, queerness, and fantasy of an undefined relationship. Our process of collaboration feels like a ceaseless and dizzying loop, with each original work spilling over into the course of creating the next. Our research transforms as we continuously reframe our inquiries and embed them within new layers of character play, abstracted narratives, and bad pop music.
From a shared love of house music, composition, and club culture, Remi Harris + Mark Schmidt created a dance performance party Yes! Yes! Yes! that creates inclusive spaces for real connections. Joined by collaborator Tiffany “DJ Krunk Pony” Pilgrim, they will share their past and currently virtual movement process, reflections, mixed media, and resource materials surrounding club culture and what makes house dance parties so special.
Johnnie Cruise Mercer
“Thank you thank you and thank you to everyone who made this residency (Black Artist Space to Create) possible. These past two weeks have been a blessing! Not only have I been able to deepen my own personal/artistic practices, I was given the space to connect with people that I love! I was given space to reflect on love, and to prepare for what this next year (2021) will bring! Shout out to New Dance Alliance, Modern Accord Depot and Angie Pittman for the time, the space, and opportunity! I am forever grateful! It felt like a good meal, with dessert!”
– Johnnie Cruise Mercer
All venues are wheelchair accessible.
