2014 Exhibition

Mother is a 2-night performance which explores conceptions of the divine feminine through sound, movement and light. The piece assumes the form of a Detroit-style house party, punctuated by individual micro-performances which investigate the concept of the Goddess using different approaches to music and dance. All performances are formally connected by the use of appropriation techniques – performers are incarnated into, and reinterpret, culturally archetypal roles, with the aim of animating the truth that the sacred and profane are interdependent energies. Each night, as a whole, is designed to complete an aesthetic and metaphysical arc, but visitors can extract significance from the performance regardless of when they enter and exit.

Presented by Sameer Reddy. Music and performances will run 7 PM – Midnight each night inside the MOCAD Café.

Schedule:

Friday, 9/26 – Aaron ‘FIT’ Siegel DJs from 7 PM  – midnight
Saturday, 9/27 – Scott Zacharias DJs from 7 PM – midnight

Both nights:

7-9 PM – DJ warm up with karaoke performances.
9:45-10 PM – Christina Sears-Etter leads the audience in movement exercises to get them stretched out and ready to dance.
10:50-11 PM – Ta’rajee Omar performs a choreographed piece.
11:50-Midnight – The evening concludes with Jennie Knaggs performing acapella.

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