Movement Research at the Judson Church - May 23, 2022
7PM EST
yödoishëndahgwa’geh (a place for rest), is an installation, a film, and a practice of grieving, condoling, and being in relationship with each other.
Pictured Judy Shui Xian, Jessika Akpaka, Valerie Oliveiro and Sam Johnson.
Movement Research at the Judson Church
A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas, and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join Movement Research Artists-In-Residence and international guests each season in performing at the historic Judson Memorial Church.
This event is curated by Maria Hupfield through the Artists of Color Council.
Curatorial Statement from Maria Hupfield: STaRWaLKeR is an evening of performances featuring Rosy Simas and Emily Johnson/Catalyst gathered in the homelands of Lenni Lenape in Lenapehoking, New York City. This program features new works in progress that look beyond skyscrapers and beneath subways to embody long-standing Native cosmologies connected to the stars, land, and history on Turtle Island today. The title STaRWaLKeR takes its name from a Buffy Saint Marie song for its “incredible energy” and as a tribute to the generations of Native Americans connected throughout history to the present day and those yet to come.
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Rosy Simas will share yödoishëndahgwa’geh (a place for rest), is an installation, a film, and a practice of grieving, condoling, and being in relationship with each other.
Joining Simas is Jessika Akpaka, Sam Johnson, Sam Aros Mitchell, Lela Pierce, and Judy Shui Xian.
yödoishëndahgwa’geh and Simas’ related larger project, she who lives on the road to war, is a continuum, a practice. This practice includes improvisation scores to be shared with audiences and develop in relationship to place. The practice is done by a group of people who together are a company of performers: Lelis Brito, Erin Drummond, Sam Johnson, Sam Aros Mitchell, Valerie Oliveiro, Pedro Pablo, Sharon Picasso, Lela Pierce, Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān, Jeffrey Wells, and Taja Will.
yödoishëndahgwa’geh is a vehicle, a space, a bridge between Simas' larger projects. This iteration of yödoishëndahgwa’geh is not tied to specific funding or curated presentations. This situation gives Simas, and the artists she works with, more freedom to decide when, how, and for who this practice/work is shared.