I work with the body and with objects from “this” world, from my past, to suggest memories or dreams of another time and place.
I work from my history and from looming questions which I cannot answer and which perhaps (probably) no one can.
My process begins in my imagination, and I set about acquiring the materials needed to make these images and memories visible. I daydream on paper and sketch the image out. I try the image with bodies alone to see if I can Make A Dance and go even deeper into this thing – the body – than I can with all the elements. But for me nothing tops the convergence, the pleasure I feel and the satisfaction of being able to create with everything on hand.
My own narrative is the starting point for my current work…questions about remembering, about the past and about my family…questions about relationships and events, and what of those linger with me even now. These questions also have to do with the future. What of this time will be taken with me into the future? What will remain if I am lucky to grow old?
I move: I love the sensation, from the inside out, articulating with my body and propelling through space, being present right here, right now.
I imagine: an atmosphere, image, mood – and what it’s like to be there. I design and create—make possible, perceivable, tangible –– this space of my mind and memory.
Photos by Maria Baranova, Rachael Shane, Ian Douglas, Toby Tanenbaum and Whitney Browne.
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Adrienne Westwood Projects is a project of VIA Collaborative Arts Corporation, a 501(c)(3) public charity recognized by the IRS as VIA Collaborative Arts Corporation. We are also registered with the New York State Charities Registration Bureau. Our Federal EIN is 20-2838552 and our NYS Charities Registration Number is 21-21-53.
box/truck at The Old Stone House
Friday, October 20 at 6:30 pm
Saturday, October 21 at 3 pm
Saturday, October 21 at 6:30 pm
performed in the 4th St Plaza off 5th Ave at Washington Park
Park Slope, Brooklyn, 11215
box/truck is a transient performance within and surrounding a 16-foot box truck that contemplates heritage, assimilation, and “home.”