RESET & FLOURISH || a shared experience

316 West Geer Street,Durham NC 27701

27 February, 2021

Description

SITES with an multi-media installation featuring artists of all disciplines and OM grown dancers with a live performance and film premiere! A shared experience: Reset artists will present in the outdoor spaces around Accordion Club, with audiences traveling through (following Covid safety guidelines). Following reset, audience members will be guided to the open field behind Accordion Club, to watch OM grown dancers’ live performance and film Flourish projected onto the stone wall. This is an ideal chance to sample the work of these artists in our community and beyond. SITES founder/curator Stephanie Leathers will be featuring artists in all disciplines selected for the upcoming reset multi-media installation in Durham. These creative changemakers will share work, in the outdoor spaces of Accordion Club, on February 27 in response to the pandemic, equality, growth, change and our current political climate. When faced with a constant array of unprecedented events, how do we respond? How do our actions provoke change? How do we dismember the norms of our society and put them on display? SITES: reset merges art forms to help shed light on the “before times” and the challenges we face today. Artists’ capture moments of resonance to put on display. To reset, we must remember. In discussing reset, Leathers notes, “The most exciting thing about this installation is that it is live. This also something that could potentially bring business to nearby restaurants, bars and coffee shops, during the time leading up to the event. The well-thought-out outdoor spaces allow for artists and audience members to move through safely, while getting a much needed dose of live art.” reset features artists Jorge Aguilera, Casey Avaunt, Audrey Baran, Maura Berry, Jude Casseday, Johnny Lee Chapman, III, Jordan Davis, Loren Groenendaal, Emilee Harney, Kassandra Kolbeck, Nicole Lawson, Kate McCracken, Kiara Sanders, Myra Stotesbury, MarshaThomas and Nick Williams. These artists have been selected to present their work in response to the reset theme. As part of the creative process, Leathers and artists have kept an open dialogue about what equitable art can be, how their work connects with activism, art as political and art as a form healing and therapy. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- OM grown dancers founder Courtney OM was nearly done creating a trilogy on fear -the stimulus of her company for the past 3 years, prior to the pandemic. For this event, the company will be collaborating with local photographer/filmmaker Anabelle Scarborough on the idea of flourish, which began to take shape through dialogue with company members about adapting to the new conditions of life and how to share their new ideas. As ‘normal’ started to feel disjointed and new, OM grown dancers felt a strong desire to create a work that could be appreciated and evoke a response as it relates to the theme. What does it mean to flourish? How do we adapt and change as humans and movers in this world? With the sensitivities we are currently facing, let us come together, safely, to experience art, its healing; appreciate ourselves, each other and our community. In discussing the work, OM notes, “while I’ve never produced a film to this length before, it feels safe to try something new as everything else in the world feels unfamiliar and enthralling. Flourish is a direct reflection of the company embracing all that has unraveled in and around us. We celebrate our 5th season, diving into this new endeavor, celebrating movement as we grow, change and adapt to the surroundings we’ve found ourselves in.” Flourish features company dancers Teigha Beth Bailey, Brianna Cooper, Hannah Nicole Marr, Raquel Pollock, Marsha Thomas, Stazia Ritch and company filmmaker/producer Anabelle Scarborough. Notes about masks and guidelines Masks and Social Distancing required. More details on how to walk-through and view this event will be provided upon arrival. Due to safety concerns, we ask that you wear your mask at all times and maintain physical distance from those walking through the event and participating artists. Once you enter, please do not stop and linger, as to keep the flow of traffic safe and continuous. There will be markers throughout to help guide you. Once the event concludes, as much as we'd like to stay and socialize, please do not linger. Additional Event Notes: Public parking will be available in the lot next to Accordion as well as street parking. SITES: reset will start promptly at 6:30PM and will end promptly at 7:30PM (please follow map to see "reset" artists) OM grown dancers FLOURISH: will begin at 7:45PM and will end promptly at 9PM (please see the map for viewing areas and how to exit at the close of the show) A special THANK YOU to Accordion Club and Scott Richie for sharing your space with us. We look forward sharing art with you! MAP OF THE EVENT: