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A closed community center in Dixwell neighborhood; explores the significance of "place" through performance and physical remnants.
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Performance 1 draws from research conducted during a one-year fellowship in New Haven, CT. In Performance 1, I examine the site of a closed community center in the predominately African American neighborhood of Dixwell to highlight the significance of "place." Concrete columns made from cylindrical molds; photographs in abstraction, and disparate industrial materials filtered through assemblage and documentary recall the physical remnants of a community cultural marker, developed during an American era of social improvement and urban revitalization. Through recorded performance, I explore space as an abstract of material objects activated through the presence of the body and social history. I ask: how does the role of "absence" and "presence" transform the social dynamics of place?
