In this essay, Nora Raine Thompson reflects on her experience witnessing Joan Jonas and Eiko Otake’s unique and historic collaborative performance and installation, Drawing in Circles WHY (an experiment), presented at the Castelli Gallery in partnership with Danspace Project. This… Read more
Maura Nguyen Donohue is the Writer-in-Residence for Platform 2021: The Dream of the Audience. “and the both of them no one” by Maura Nguyen Donohue reflects on With the Earth at My Waistline, a new short film from Joan Jonas… Read more
Closed captions are available by clicking the “CC” button on the video. Moving Off the Land, created and performed by Joan Jonas, premiered in the US at Danspace Project in June, 2018. The video above is an excerpt of… Read more
Platform 2021: The Dream of the Audience (May 15 – June 18, 2021), curated by Judy Hussie-Taylor, is a digital Platform featuring acclaimed artists and past Platform curators, each with longstanding relationships to Danspace Project: Ishmael Houston-Jones, Okwui Okpokwasili, Eiko Otake with Joan Jonas,… Read more
Closed captions are available by clicking the “CC” button on the video. A PDF transcript of the conversation is linked here. This conversation was recorded on May 21, 2020 and first broadcasted on YouTube Live Saturday, September 12, 2020. The… Read more
The 2020 Conversations Without Walls digital series launches with two pre-recorded conversations broadcasted on YouTube Live: Ishmael Houston-Jones and Carol Mullins on Saturday, August 29th at 12pm ET and Joan Jonas and Eiko Otake on Saturday, September 12th at… Read more
When Judy asked me if I would introduce tonight’s honorees, Joan Jonas and Yvonne Rainer, I didn’t hesitate for a minute. Both of them are long-time friends. I’ve written about the work of both. I teach my students about their… Read more
Bid on art & support Danspace Project! Our silent auction features works by Joana Avillez, Paul Chan, Joan Jonas, Babette Mangolte, Ryan McNamara & Jen Rosenblit, Peter Moore, Yvonne Rainer, Xaviera Simmons, and Pat Steir. Browse the auction and bid here!… Read more