Crossroads curated by Pioneers Go East Collective at Judson Church
April 23 & 24, 2024
Radical Queer dance in partnership with Judson Arts Wednesdays
A Radical Queer Art series championing the voices of LGBTQ and Feminist artists for a lively exchange of art and culture.
Curated by Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte and Philip Treviño
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Tuesday, April 23, 8pm
Angie Pittman
Orlando Hernández with Leonardo Sandoval, Lucas Santana, Isabella Serricella, and Liberty Styles
syd island
Wednesday, April 24, 8pm
Owen Prum
Films by Omega X, Fana Fraser and Pioneers Go East Collective
Where:
Judson Church
DIRECTIONS: The entrance is located at 243 Thompson Street
Tuesday, April 23, 8pm
ANGIE PITTMAN
Black Life Chord Changes (an excerpt) uses dance, text, and sound to create an experimental improvised movement portal. Blackly so. The choreography pulls from folk traditions of liturgical dancing, Soul line dancing, Umfundalai, and post-modern improvisation. Through these visceral Black womanist traditions, the work slips in and out of deep listening, seeing, improvisation, and truth telling.
ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ
Too soon to discover planets, too late to discover islands uses technologies of tap dance and mask-work to tell the story of two people who arrive in a new land, only to be killed in a terrible storm…
syd island. Join us after CROSSROADS for a special performance by syd island.
Wednesday, April 24, 8pm
OWEN PRUM
Absolute force - A dance between 3, a work at the nexus of body, city and history. How can a human be crushed under the weight of time and blood? Winter turned spring, red chalked blue. We are all muscle and the right now!
Nesting Created by Fana Fraser
Interdisciplinary artist Fana Fraser will present a new short film, originally commissioned by TBA21- Academy (Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary) for TBA21 on st_age.
And I Was Recognized Created by Omega X, Danni Venne, Matt Harvey, and Laura Marie Marciano
And I Was Recognized is a portrait film on trans parenthood. The work uses sound and visual abstractions to offer a poetic lens to the intricate and tender space of family.
Dragons by Pioneers Go East Collective
Director Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte; Filmmakers Adele Overbey and joy burklund; Design Philip Treviño; featuring syd island, Vanessa Rappa, Daniel Diaz, and Lynn Ligammari
Dragons is a two-channel film part of a performance and media triptych by Pioneers Go East Collective. A meditation on creative agency and queer identity, thee amplifies contemporary stories of resilience and otherness amidst censorship. Dragons fictionalizes a series of conversations between Audre Lorde and James Baldwin referencing his essay Here are the Dragons. The film utilizes fantastical imagery, overhead shots, and intimate conversations about civil rights in the US between the protagonists.
Accessibility: Our accessible entrance is by way of 243 Thompson St. Use the lift to get to the Meeting Room on Level 3 or our accessible bathrooms on Level B (basement). Return to Level 1 for street access back to the corner of West 4th & Thompson St.
The introductions for each event will be scripted with captioning shown through projection.
Photo credits: Angie Pittman by Rachel Keane