Film and Electronic Arts Program Presents
Jeffrey Gibson’s WonderLust
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Avery Art Center
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Jeffrey Gibson unleashed upon us this summer a collaborative, process-driven art project that challenged community members to reach beyond their past and present circumstances and turn their vulnerabilities into art. The resulting video artwork, titled WonderLust, celebrates the individualized narratives of LGBTQ Mississippians while casting them as a unified and reverberating American chorus. Gibson has roots in the Mississippi dirt, through his lineage as a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. “I have a romantic notion of Mississippi and I also have a fearful notion of Mississippi,” said Gibson, who felt during his childhood visits South that he had to edit his expansive identity to exist in these spaces. 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
The residency project took place over the course of three intensive, four-day weekends in July and August 2018. Before Gibson arrived, we invited participation through public channels and grassroots networks. Ultimately, eight LGBTQ Mississippians committed themselves to what would be a daunting and turbulent process: learning to live and work as a group; delving into childhood memory; writing and speaking about their truest parts; developing original characters that embodied their core strength; and performing these characters for the camera—using movement, voice, and costume—in a cabaret-style show.
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Choreographers: Wendell Cooper Kyralesa Wiley Elizabeta Betinski
Participants: Annie Bellym Ivory Cancer Cody Walker Triana Davis Daniel Ball Jensen Luke Matar Jake Thrasher AJ Breland
Film and Editing: Sancia Nash
Sound: Aron Sanchez
Program Director: Julian Rankin
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Jeffrey Gibson will be joining us for Q&A. Light refreshments will be provided!
For more information, call 808-276-6309, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Avery Art Center