THE (CHRYSALIS) ARCHIVES, 2024
The (chrysalis) Archives, Commissioned by River to River Festival, (New York, NY)
Performers: jaamil olawale kosoko, Black Maij, Everett Asis Saunders
Performance Doula: Song Tucker
Lighting Design: LD DeArmon
Creative Producer: Michelle Daly
The (chrysalis) Archives is an exhibition incorporating video installation, photographic imagery, sculpture, and performance in the Lower Gallery at The Arts Center at Governors Island. The exhibition will incorporate past works, including the film Chameleon (A Visual Album), a three-channel video and installation Syllabus for Black Love, as well as fabricated sculptural works and images. The multi-media installation will include a performance activation titled (chrysalis: activation 1)—a hybrid media performance work that integrates sculpture, moving image, original poetry, and emergent choreographic strategies prompted by the audience. The work examines concepts of metamorphosis, intergenerational knowledge, blood memory, negative space, and the environmental grief that lingers in the aftermath of the living gesture.