Rafi Ruffino Darrow, K. Henderson, and Elle Hong are antidisciplinary, trans artists working in dance, music, installation and poetry. They recently completed a Mellon Foundation/Movement Research residency exploring illegibility, boundaries of nation/body, traditional mourning ritual, and living into the complexity/joy of atypical bodyminds. K.’s sensitive soundscapes incorporate found sound of Elle and Rafi’s bodies/disability accoutrements with recorded text and music, all while Elle and Rafi’s gender-saturation choreography and memory performance invokes their ancestors in trans grief and gratitude. Rafi’s work troubles the boundaries of the human body and unsure contours of our global futures. They’ve recently completed a fellowship at Hambidge Arts and published a theory/poetry piece in the journal Feral Feminisms. K. has composed scores for film, dance, and theatre; published writing, and designed sound for feature film; all rooted in their spiritual practice. Elle is a resident artist at RedLine Contemporary Art Center (Denver, CO), currently creating a new NPN-supported work, “Potemkin village,” centering themes of perception management & falsity/authenticity.
