#50
Issue #50

Editorial Team

  • Editor-in-Chief

    Moriah Evans

  • Managing Editor

    Lauren Bakst

  • Senior Editor

    Buck Wanner

  • Graphic Design

    Yotam Hadar & Sean Yendrys

  • Copy Editor

    Tom Jacobs

  • Portfolio Editors

    Lauren Bakst, Moriah Evans, Buck Wanner

  • Contributing Editors

    Matthew Lyons, Jaime Shearn Coan, Tara Aisha Willis, Ursula Eagly

  • Ad Layout

    Catherine Galasso, Kat Norcutt

  • Interns

    Heather Meehan, Aurora Prelevic, Jessica Lam

  • Printing

    Linco Printing, Inc.

  • Special Thanks

    Miana Jun, Karen Sherman, Carla Peterson, Catherine Levine, Amanda Loulaki, Alex Sloane, Jaime Shearn Coan, Tara Aisha Willis, Sarah Michelson, Movement Research Staff, Aurora Prelevic, J. Soto, Ian Douglas, Alex Escalante, Anja Hitzenberger, and Judson Congregants: Abigail Hastings, Grace Goodman, Leslie Dennis, Bethene Trexel

Transcripts of two speeches from Congressman John Lewis — one from 1963 and the other 2017 — wrap around Issue 50 of the Movement Research Performance Journal as front and back cover, simultaneously documenting a legacy of activism, and hopefully resounding in present collective consciousness as a reminder of the work to which we must hold ourselves accountable. There is no one-to-one correlation between these transcripts and the content in this issue, but there are links and an extension of scale beyond artistic and institutional practice into broader discussions of democracy and civic responsibility. "Work" is a line of inquiry that can be traced throughout the issue: the work an artist develops; the work that an institution does; the roles we all create and justify in local and global communities; "work" in the context of activism. Work is a collective process, especially in the multi-vocal nature of any society, social group, and certainly in performance practices. Click here to read the full Press Release.

Contents

2 Letters from the Editors
Moriah Evans, Lauren Bakst, Buck Wanner
Moriah Evans, Lauren Bakst, Buck Wanner
4 TRIBUTE
Trisha Brown
5 TRIBUTE
Diane Torr and Me
Martha Wilson
Martha Wilson
6 ESSAY
Latifa Laâbissi's Self Portrait Camouflage: Strategic Assemblage and/or Harmful Cultural Appropriation? The Native Headdress Controversy
Carole Maccotta, Edited by Jaime Shearn Coan
Carole Maccotta, Edited by Jaime Shearn Coan
10 PROJECT PAGE
Niall Jones
11 REFLECTION
The Time that It Takes
Ursula Eagly
Ursula Eagly
12 CONVERSATION
Diversity and Accountability: A Conversation with the Movement Research Artists of Color Council
Edited by Tara Aisha Willis
Edited by Tara Aisha Willis
15 INTERVIEW
Inverted Path: Ana Janevski
Moriah Evans
Moriah Evans
18 COLLECTION
Daily Rituals
Edited by Buck Wanner
Edited by Buck Wanner
21 REFLECTION
Unfamiliar Intimacies: On taisha paggett, EJ Hill, and Wordless Touching
Wilmer Wilson
Wilmer Wilson
23 CENTERFOLD
125 st[reet]* a re-thing to re-member
Nia Love & Marjani Forté
Nia Love & Marjani Forté
27 POEM
25 Propositions for "Position"
Jaime Shearn Coan
Jaime Shearn Coan
28 ESSAY
Holding Space for Multiplicity: Vanessa Anspaugh's The End of Men
Lydia Mokdessi
Lydia Mokdessi
31 CONVERSATION
Lewis Family Forever
35 INTERVIEW
All You Have to Do to Dance Is Dance. It's that Simple: Stanley Love
Moriah Evans
Moriah Evans
39 REFLECTION
Open Performance: Invitation and Practice
André Daughtry
André Daughtry
41 PROJECT PAGE
Bill
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devynn emory
PORTFOLIO
2 Movement Research at Judson Church: A Portfolio of Process
Lauren Bakst, Moriah Evans, Buck Wanner
Lauren Bakst, Moriah Evans, Buck Wanner
3 Researching Movement with Judson's Angels
Audrey Kindred
Audrey Kindred
4 Stats and Stories
8 Comments from Karen Sherman
Karen Sherman
Karen Sherman
9 A Conversation with Aziza
Lauren Bakst
Lauren Bakst
12 Photos and Reflections
Photos by Anja Hitzenberger, Alex Escalante, and Ian Douglas; Reflections by Guy Yarden, Cathy Edwards, Sally Silvers, Rebecca Wender, Trajal Harrell, Sarah Michelson, Charmaine Warren, Walter Dundervill, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Yvonne Meier, K.J. Holmes, Judith Sánchez Ruíz
Photos by Anja Hitzenberger, Alex Escalante, and Ian Douglas; Reflections by Guy Yarden, Cathy Edwards, Sally Silvers, Rebecca Wender, Trajal Harrell, Sarah Michelson, Charmaine Warren, Walter Dundervill, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Yvonne Meier, K.J. Holmes, Judith Sánchez Ruíz
19 Artists List, 1991-2017

Editorial Team

  • Editor-in-Chief

    Moriah Evans

  • Managing Editor

    Lauren Bakst

  • Senior Editor

    Buck Wanner

  • Graphic Design

    Yotam Hadar & Sean Yendrys

  • Copy Editor

    Tom Jacobs

  • Portfolio Editors

    Lauren Bakst, Moriah Evans, Buck Wanner

  • Contributing Editors

    Matthew Lyons, Jaime Shearn Coan, Tara Aisha Willis, Ursula Eagly

  • Ad Layout

    Catherine Galasso, Kat Norcutt

  • Interns

    Heather Meehan, Aurora Prelevic, Jessica Lam

  • Printing

    Linco Printing, Inc.

  • Special Thanks

    Miana Jun, Karen Sherman, Carla Peterson, Catherine Levine, Amanda Loulaki, Alex Sloane, Jaime Shearn Coan, Tara Aisha Willis, Sarah Michelson, Movement Research Staff, Aurora Prelevic, J. Soto, Ian Douglas, Alex Escalante, Anja Hitzenberger, and Judson Congregants: Abigail Hastings, Grace Goodman, Leslie Dennis, Bethene Trexel

Available for Download

Diversity and Accountability: A Conversation with the Movement Research Artists of Color Council

Edited by Tara Aishe Willis