Platform 2022

Sensoria: a zine by mayfield brooks and duskin drum

June 9, 2022

A mixed media artwork on white deckled watercolor paper, in the mediums of watercolor, pencil, butterfly pea flower tea, watercolor pencil, colored pencil, china marker, ink. A vertical composition centered on a periwinkle border with a bottom text that reads “A poem by Mayfield Brooks. Illustrations by Caedron Burchfield” A geometric-abstract oceanscape, with a distinct horizon line in blue and white, that bisects the the piece just below center. Across the top, hand stamped black capital letters read, “Whale Fall”. The text is bookended with two circles- a white moon on the left, a sulphuric neon yellow sun on the right. A grey wash of sky is blotted with puddles of black gradients. The sky is arced by a neon orange crescent, at the center of which is a red triangle pointing upright with a line across it. Below the horizon line in the sea is a wash of ocean blue gradients with a neon blue triangle at the center pointing down above a simplified drawing of a piano keyboard in black and white. On the horizon there are four interlocking circles at their radii like a compass, in gradient washes of butterfly pea flower tea- a grayish purple color. On the east-west axis it forms a vesica piscis, the center of which creates a mandorla, an almond like shape and a symbol of the whale. Half is black and the other white. Red outlined triangles frame the foreground and evoke cliff like beaches. Ovals to the bottom left and right are filled in with primary neon colors on the left, and gradient shades of butterfly pea flower tea on the right

Sensoria is a zine by mayfield brooks made in collaboration with designer and contributing writer, duskin drum. This zine is a companion piece to mayfield brook’s live performance Sensoria: An Opera Strange (June 9-11), presented by Danspace Project as… Read more

Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener: RETROFIT: a new age

May 20, 2022

In the sanctuary of St. Mark’s Church, Silas wears a blue tie died jumpsuit and green sneakers. He carries Morgan who is wearing a pale yellow tie died jumpsuit, holding her by the small of her back and thigh as her torso spills over his legs, one of her hands traces the ground and the other rests on her forehead in a dramatized anguish, her black braids also sweep the blonde wood floor. In the background there is a blue bucket, an orange electrical cord, and Savannah dances behind them.

April 28 – April 30, 2022 Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener premiered their performance installation, RETROFIT: a new age at Danspace Project as a part of Platform 2022: The Dream of the Audience. Over four hours each day, the duo… Read more

Dear Audience, Are You Listening? An Introduction (Excerpt) by Judy Hussie-Taylor

May 5, 2022

Catalogue cover: On a beige background, The Dream of the Audience, Platform 2021-2022, Danspace Project. In the center is a photograph of an art object, a cluster of knotted hair-ties adorned with colorful plastic balls.

“Dear Audience, Are You Listening? An Introduction” serves as an introduction for the Danspace Project published catalogue, Platform 2021-2022: The Dream of the Audience. This essay has been edited and condensed for the purpose of this Online Journal post. The… Read more

Welcome to issue 14: The Dream of the Audience (Part II)

May 5, 2022

Sitting on a black background is an art object, a cluster of knotted hair-ties adorned with colorful plastic balls.

Welcome to Danspace Project’s Online Journal, issue 14: The Dream of the Audience (Part II), dedicated to Danspace Project’s Platform 2022. Issue #14 will focus on Platform lines of inquiry, artists research and writing, and feature Platform catalogue excerpts,… Read more