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At Gibney, a New Curatorial Director Makes a Revolution

Eva Yaa Asantewaa takes what she’s learned from a career in writing and puts it on the dance stage.

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"She sees dance as a way to explore social issues and trauma, a way to both transform and heal. That means “putting in a lot of folks who are dealing with identity — with issues in a forthright way,” she said. “They are saying, ‘We are not going anywhere, we recognize the atmosphere in which we’re working now and the urgency of speaking up and of taking very forthright stances.’”

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Dana Caspersen at Rutgers in January 2020!

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An incredible project -- a collaborative effort by three artists working in different medium (illustrator, writer/sound engineer, photographer) to provide an immersive experience for non-migrating people into an active and thriving community of refugees.

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“I suggest the best way to address the inequalities of the global border regime, which allows wealth to accumulate in the hands of corporations and powerful states at the expense of workers around the world, is to remove restrictions on movement for workers and remove the barriers of state sovereignty for regulators.” (Jones vi)

Jones suggests something quite natural; bodies move.  The border crises are global crises and if we consider global wages for people across the world, perhaps we can equalize. Equalize what? Value of work? Value of a person? Is it about recognition of individuals? We cannot deny globalization. But perhaps we can quit denying a representation of the people whom it affects or who affect it.

Jones refers to James C. Scott and his book Seeing Like a State — and the question, “why the state has always seemed to be the enemy of people who move around,” (Jones ix)

Let’s let people move! 

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Shared by Jesse Zaritt.