ABSCONDED #EjectionDay2020 DRAGONFLY's Street Performance in New York City on Election Day: HEMI TV BROADCAST!
TONIGHT NOVEMBER 6, 2020
We are planning a special screening of ABSCONDED as recorded and broadcast by the Hemispheric Institute in NYC - https://hemisphericinstitute.org/en/
The Hemispheric Institute gathers artists, scholars, writers, learners, and activists from across the Americas. We focus on social justice and research politically engaged culture and performance. We share this work in digital archives and amplify it through dialogues and public scholarship, residencies, publications, and gatherings. Our dynamic, multilingual network crosses disciplines and borders, and is grounded in the fundamental belief that artistic practice and critical reflection can spark lasting cultural change.
The Hemispheric Institute is one of the most important performance and politics organization in the world. They broadcast ABSCONDED which is a performance co-supported by Grace Exhibition Space
DRAGONFLY: ABSCONDED #EjectionDay2020
DRAGONFLY's Street Performance in New York City on Election Day: Tuesday, November 3, 2020, 12-2pm
NEW YORK, NY — On November 3, 2020, DRAGONFLY (Robin LaVerne Wilson / Miss Justice Jester) will perform ABSCONDED #EjectionDay2020, a work that honors the life and legacy of Ona Maria Judge Staines through the creation of a living monument that moves through the streets of New York City.
Ona Judge was born into slavery before the American Revolution. She was a seamstress and Martha Washington's body servant and "pet." During Washington’s second term, on May 21, 1796, at age 22, Judge quietly absconded from Philadelphia on a ship to New Hampshire as the Washingtons ate dinner. With the help of Free Black and abolitionist communities, she evaded capture for the rest of her life.
ABSCONDED #EjectionDay2020 is DRAGONFLY’s second iteration of Ona Judge as a living monument. The project continues in New York City, and is also slated to be invoked at George and Martha Washington monuments and other historical landmarks worldwide. The artist’s goal is to uplift the memory of a forgotten American Founding Mother, amplify the paradox of Black freedom as fugitivity, highlight the complexities of American chattel slavery, and contribute to the ongoing conversations about who is memorialized as we push towards decolonization.
Watch the live performance of ABSCONDED #EjectionDay2020 on HemiTV starting at 12:00 PM (EDT). Available on all platforms and devices.
Date: #EjectionDay2020 - Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Time(s):12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan, NYC
Performance Route (all times are approximate):
12:00pm - Seneca Village in Central Park
12:20pm - Teddy Roosevelt Statue at the Museum of Natural History
12:30pm - Frederick Douglass Statue at the New York Historical Society
12:35pm - Columbus Avenue Promenade
12:50pm - Columbus Avenue and Broadway Intersection
1:00pm - San Juan Hill — Lincoln Center
1:30pm - Columbus Circle & Trump International Hotel
Event is free and open to the public. Social distancing and masks are required.
The performance is organized and sponsored by the artist and the Hemispheric Institute at New York University, and co-sponsored by Grace Exhibition Space, with Dr. Joy Brooke Fairfield (Producer), Sabura Rashid (Director), and Ak Jansen (Costume Design).
DRAGONFLY [NEW YORK CITY]
DRAGONFLY is Robin LaVerne Wilson is Miss Justice Jester: Conceptual. Artist. Performer. Storyteller. Ritualist. Writer. Facilitator. Educator. Circle-keeper. Curator. Culture Warrior. Tambourinist. Dean of Details. Activist. Photographer. Filmmaker. Scholar. Minister. Ecologist. Accidental senatorial candidate. Texan-New Yorker. Maafa descendant. Nerd. Queer. Eccentric. Curious. Witty. Lover of all people and pronouns. Cat mom. AFFILIATIONS: Church of Stop Shopping, Grace Exhibition Space, Pollination Productions, The Opportunity Agenda, Jump-Start Theatre, La Pocha Nostra, Theatre Neumarkt, Miss Vera’s Academy, Betty’s Daughter Arts Collaborative, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Rutgers University, CUNY School of Professional Studies, and The University of Texas at Austin. INFLUENCES: Sharon Bridgforth, Linda Montano, Annie Sprinkle, Beth Stephens, Rev. Billy Talen, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Sterling Houston, Harriet Tubman, Ona Judge.
DRAGONFLY HAS BEEN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT GRACE EXHIBITION SINCE JULY, 2020 AND CREATED THIS NEW PREMIERE PERFORMANCE
LIVE BROADCAST ON ELECTION DAY IS A CO-PRESENTATION:
HEMISPHERIC INSTITUTE, NYC
The Hemispheric Institute gathers artists, scholars, writers, learners, and activists from across the Americas. We focus on social justice and research politically engaged culture and performance. We share this work in digital archives and amplify it through dialogues and public scholarship, residencies, publications, and gatherings. Our dynamic, multilingual network crosses disciplines and borders, and is grounded in the fundamental belief that artistic practice and critical reflection can spark lasting cultural change.
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