the order was in the hour of worship, Asiya Wadud
April 15, 2020
Poet Asiya Wadud was part of the Danspace Project Voice & Body research group in 2019-2020 and a Platform 2020 Writer in Residence.
Sitting On a Man’s Head, Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born
April 14, 2020
This excerpted text, written by Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, was first published, in full, in the Platform 2020 Catalogue, Utterances From The Chorus, Vol. I. It describes the surrounding research and questions of Okwui Okwpokwasili and Peter Born’s… Read more
day pulls down the sky: get a hold
April 13, 2020
day pulls down the sky full album is now streaming on Google Play, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and Tidal. get a hold song by Okwui Okpokwasili gotta get a hold of me thought I had a hold of me gotta… Read more
Capitalism, Vampires, Unrest By Angie Pittman
April 8, 2020
Capitalism, Vampires, Unrest was written by Angie Pittman in conversation with the Platform 2020 Kin & Care Research Group before the COVID-19 pandemic escalated in the U.S. and New York City. Through the frame of the 1998 Sci-Fi cult classic,… Read more
STRAIGHT LINES, KNOTS, QUARTER TURNS – REPEAT, Asiya Wadud
April 1, 2020
Poet Asiya Wadud was part of the Danspace Project Voice & Body research group in 2019-2020 and a Platform 2020 Writer in Residence. Note From Asiya Wadud: This essay is written in conversation with the many voices from The… Read more
day pulls down the sky: follow me
March 30, 2020
day pulls down the sky full album is now streaming on Google Play, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and Tidal. follow me words, song and music by Okwui Okpokwasili I ask you to follow me Follow me, follow me, follow me… Read more
Questions From The Chorus
March 27, 2020
What does it mean to weave a collective song? How do we vibrate and move together? What is possible when we hum, utter, and gesture together? How does the process of collaborative participation forge a transformational… Read more
day pulls down the sky: binding song
March 23, 2020
day pulls down the sky full album is now streaming on Google Play, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and Tidal. binding song words and song by Okwui Okpokwasili music by Peter Born I can go for days Don’t tell… Read more
New Ways of Gathering
March 20, 2020
On March 13th, Platform 2020: Utterances From The Chorus came to an abrupt halt at the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Although we are deeply saddened to end the Platform events, the health and safety of the artists, staff,… Read more
Collective Research: The Platform 2020 Research Groups
March 6, 2020
As an inquiry-based extension of Platform 2020: Utterances From The Chorus, Danspace invited individual artists to be part of two artists Research Groups that have been meeting regularly over the last nine months with group facilitator, Seta Morton. They… Read more