first photo is of @sheygod and yours truly before taking dance class, second photo is bc shey and I are about to teach dance class!! I ❤️ Dance Class! ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE WELCOME IN OUR DANCE CLASS.
Bmore, prepare y'all'selves for a @movemovecollaborative moment on Friday the 13th of March from 2-6pm, sliding scale pay rate starting at $20, notaflof.
Shey and I are cooking up some juicy movement scores and dance class delights. We're excited for y'all to add your personal 'sauce' to the communion that is dance class, followed by a listening party feat. recordings of past Move Move musicians improvising to move movers.
@sheygod and I made a little dance film last year and I’m really delighted that it’s being screened in Chicago next week!
Catch “ode to flora” at @facetschicago@shortstackfilmfest
October 23 @ 7pm
Tickets for the screening are live! Link in bio for more info on the festival 🌟 Thanks to @projectbounddance for hosting and curating this event.
AZON-LI: Embodying Resilience by Kônu
A practice-based research project presented as the culmination of my MFA (Master of Fine Arts) studies at Bennington College.
Deep gratitude to every human who contributed, walked beside me, and supported this journey of exploration, transformation, and life.
🙏🏾✨ #AZONLI #Resilience #EmbodiedResearch #BenningtonCollege #MFA #DanceAsResistance
AZON-LI : Incarner la résilience par Kônu
Recherche en action présentée dans le cadre de ma soutenance de fin d’études au MFA (Master of Fine Arts) à Bennington College.
Un profond merci à toutes les personnes qui ont contribué, accompagné et soutenu ce chemin d'exploration, de transformation et de vie.
🙏🏾✨ #AZONLI #Resilience #EmbodiedResearch #BenningtonCollege #MFA #DanceAsResistance
Photos @aimeewob
Last month I presented a gallery show called Emanations as part of my final project at Hampshire. Emanations is a gallery installation that works to acknowledge and access the potential of body based archive. The work incorporates animalistic dwellings rendered at human scale as well as performance art that delves into themes of ritual, west African spirituality, and posthumanism. I will re-install Emanations January 29th & 30th at Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd (A.P.E.), an artist-led, artist-centered 501(c)3 non-profit organization in Northampton, MA. I am inviting folks to come by for thoughtful conversation and constructive critique January 29th, 3pm-5pm as well as January 30th, 9am-11am & 4pm-6pm.
These feedback sessions will act as the initiation of a multi-month research residency. A.P.E. supports “contemporary artists working in all disciplines by stewarding the spaces in which they create, perform and exhibit their work. A.P.E is dedicated to fostering relationships, encounters, and exchanges that nourish the capacity for imagination.” During this time I plan to articulate the research methodologies that inform my interdisciplinary practice while fleshing out the processes developed in Emanations. This will be supported by curatorial, editorial, and archival research, community organizing, and public programming.
You can message me if you are interested to participate or just show up!
DEC 5 to 7 I WILL BE SHARING WORK ALONGSIDE QADIRA LOCKE AND YAHLI HILAH AT THE HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE GALLERY
SOME DATES OF NOTE:
DEC 5 AT 7PM
PERFORMANCE ACCOMPANIED BY ORIGINAL COMPOSITION FROM DEJA RENE CARR @maldevisa
DEC 6 BEGINNING AT 7AM
DAY LONG PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION
DEC 6 FROM 5PM TO 7PM
RECEPTION
part of a multilayered performance/photography/paint series encompassing basic rituals of bathing and autonomy of interior troubled by interrogating/exploring skin colors that hold power. thinking of titling it “lol white washing wut”. thank you to @skandarz for assistance & support & love
