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Constellations and Influences: Legacy Russell & Clifford Owens

November 1, 2013

Legacy Russell:
My significant artistic influences are found in everyday habits—adjusting brastraps, dancing in the shower, drinking with friends. My role models are vast but early on I found inspiration rooted in the fabric of the East Village and Lower East Side, where I was born and raised, and where my parents still reside. I am inspired by the communities native to these spaces—Lower East Side boricuas, radical queers, downtown drag queens, skate and punk kids. Why? Because the history of New York City’s dancehalls and nightlife spaces would be nothing without them.

Clifford Owens:
My sons Inti and Joaquim.

 

Legacy Russell & Clifford Owens premiere The Kiss, Friday, November 1, 2013 at 8pm.

What web of connections do new generations of artists trace? Who are their influences? In 2012 Danspace Project presented two historic Platforms, Parallels and Judson Now. We continue to explore artistic constellations and lineages by asking artists to share significant artistic influences.

Photo: Ava Hassinger

[Original post on Tumblr]

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