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The word “amphibian” comes from the Greek (amphi), which means from both sides, a species that can live in two environments. To be an amphibian means to have the ability to live in both water and land, to mutate, to possess the capacity to adapt to different environments, climates, and situations. LL Proyectos – an experimental, communitarian and contemporary art collective based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras – uses the amphibian as a metaphor to explain the challenges of migration and having to adapt to different realities.
Amphibian Dream constitutes a two-act performance project delving into Honduran migration, serving as a political act aimed at delineating territories and shining light on the socio-political and economic consequences of neo-colonialism. The first act unfolds within Tegucigalpa, Honduras, amidst the vibrant setting of “El Mayoreo,” and culminates with a debut performance by artist Leonardo Gonzalez and Karon Corrales Quiñonez at Performance Space New York.
Español
La palabra “anfibio” viene del griego (amfhi) que significa de uno y de otro lado, especie que
puede vivir en dos medios. Ser un anfibio es tener la posibilidad de vivir en el agua o la tierra, de mutar, tener capacidad de adaptarse a diferentes medios, climas y situaciones. LL Proyectos, un colectivo de arte experimental, comunitario y contemporáneo con sede en Tegucigalpa, Honduras, utiliza el anfibio como metáfora para explicar los desafíos de la migración y la necesidad de adaptarse a diferentes realidades.
Amphibian Dream es un proyecto de performance en dos actos que explora la migración hondureña y funciona como un acto político destinado a delinear territorios y arrojar luz sobre las consecuencias socio-políticas y económicas del neocolonialismo. El primer acto se desarrolla en Tegucigalpa, Honduras, en el vibrante entorno de “El Mayoreo,” y culmina con una actuación debut del artista Leonardo González y Karon Corrales Quiñonez en Performance Space New York.
Show Category: Performance
Tales from the Memory Vortex
Access Provision: ASL interpretation
Black Quantum Futurism presents Tales from the Memory Vortex, a two-hour immersive performance event featuring a curated selection of guest poets, musicians, and scholars. This multidisciplinary gathering delves into readings of thought-provoking essays, evocative poems, and performative lectures centered on themes of Black anthropological discoveries, Black temporalities, quantum physics, and the intricate tapestry of African and Black Diasporic time and memory rituals. Employing a retrocausal framework, Tales from the Memory Vortex spirals backward through time and space to examine our origins and trajectories.
Cineclub Amora, La Mensajera y Amaru’s Tongue: Daughter
Cineclub Amora invites us to lovingly decompose ourselves in a transfeminist evening of oral tradition, Andean-Amazonian ritual, performative lecture with immigrant translanguage justice, and a warm-up for a dance class facilitated by hostess and messenger Galle. These performances will be complemented by a screening of Amaru’s Tongue: Daughter, a film of matrilineal and trans-species tribute directed by the acclaimed Aymara artist Chuquimamani Condori aka Elysia Crampton Chuquimia with an original score by their sibling Joshua Chuquimia Crampton.
Galle creates an immersive experience, transforming Cineclub Amora in the womb of Cosmic Mother Earth, where the screen is a portal/black hole to other non-linear dimensions, where collaboration is already happening between artists involved, and where interaction with the audience is stimulated by storytelling, dance, and somatic score.
Followed by a Q&A with Chuquimamani Condori and hostess/curator Galle.
John Giorno Octopus Series
Performers: Kevin Beasley, Taja Cheek (L’Rain) and Ben Chapoteau-Katz (L’Rain), Eli Keszler, and Moor Mother.
This event celebrates the release of Kevin Beasley’s new publication, A View of a Landscape, published by the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. Please join us for a launch event featuring performances by Kevin Beasley, Taja Cheek (L’Rain) Ben Chapoteau-Katz (L’Rain), Eli Keszler, and Moor Mother.
A View of a Landscape pairs a 300-page book and double LP, conceived as equal elements and designed together. The book is an expansive look at Beasley’s work in sculpture, sound, and performance, illuminating how his practice finds its grounding in his family’s land in Virginia, a place that also brings out larger American histories. Along with texts by nine writers with strong ties to the artist, the substantial book features a large array of images that include Beasley’s work and materials from his own amassed visual archive. The double LP features newly recorded tracks by musicians and artists from Beasley’s close creative circles, produced in partnership with London-based record label Hyperdub. The musician’s tracks are uniquely their own, but they all sample recordings that Beasley made, reflecting an ongoing spirit of collaboration.
Contributors:
Book: Andy Battaglia, Kevin Beasley, Daphne A. Brooks, Adrienne Edwards, Leon Finley, Mark Godfrey, Thomas J. Lax, Ralph Lemon, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Fred Moten
Double LP: Laurel Halo, Jlin, Eli Keszler, L’Rain, Ralph Lemon, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Kelsey Lu, Jason Moran, Fred Moten, Moor Mother, Okwui Okpokwasili, SCRAAATCH
The publication will be available for purchase on the night, and can also be pre-ordered from the Renaissance Society website.
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Using the Octopus’s decentralized nervous system as an inspiration for Performance Space New York’s curatorial practice, the John Giorno Octopus Series invites artists and guest curators to organize an evening-length program with several artists working in any number of disciplines. The series is named after legendary performance poet, John Giorno, and continues Performance Space’s legacy of artist-centric programming and creating space for risk-taking.
John Giorno Octopus Series
Using the Octopus’s decentralized nervous system as an inspiration for Performance Space New York’s curatorial practice, the John Giorno Octopus Series invites artists and guest curators to organize an evening-length program with several artists working in any number of disciplines. The series is named after legendary performance poet, John Giorno, and continues Performance Space’s legacy of artist-centric programming and creating space for risk-taking.