On view: January 21 - February 19, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, Jan. 21, 4-7pm
Dreaming Woman, an installation by Jo Wood-Brown, showcases a collection of stories told through painting, video, and installation. Centering on a figure by the same name, Dreaming Woman pervades throughout the exhibition. Taking on many forms, genders, and geographies, her presence always dreams of new futures.
Public PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Saturday, Jan. 21, 5:30pm: Lost Voyage Collective: Miriam Parker - rebeca medina - Jean Carla Rodea - Jo Wood-Brown
Saturday, Jan. 28, 5:30pm: Sam Newsome
6:30pm: William Parker - Ellen Christi - Patricia Nicholson
Sunday, Feb. 12, 5:30pm: Miriam Parker
6:30pm: Brandon Lopez - Rob Brown - Whit Dickey - Fred Moten
Sunday, Feb. 19, 5:30pm: Jean Carla Rodea - rebeca medina - Rob Brown
Dreaming Woman encapsulates a contemporary archetype that travels through the unseen channels of the ephemeral universe. She operates as a connective tissue linking civilizations, migrations, dreams, music, poetry, dance and visual media together through her presence and image. Part of her lore comes from inherent connections between the feminine and the lifeforce…the female ability to grow life, and the connection between her rhythms and those like the moon to the tides, to nature. Dreaming Woman travels these trajectories, aspecting the qualities of each media she uses to tell the story.
The exhibition expands through the collaboration with Jean Carla Rodea, whose soundscape holds the space, and Fred Moten’s Sylph Poems featured in Sylph Altas. Dreaming Woman asks us to dream, to transform, and to see new possibilities. By providing space for collective contributions, the viewers and the performers emerge as part of Dreaming Woman’s story. Soundness for Dreaming Woman is a multi-channel sound installation composed of field recordings, archival materials, and voice, designed by Jean Carla Rodea. Fictive and non-linear narratives about a woman on an itinerant journey inspire the work, which also features Fred Moten reading his poetry, Whit Dickey’s trio with Rob Brown and Brandon Lopez, Rodea’s voice and electronics, and field recordings by Wood Brown and Rodea.
