Advancing the visibility, legacy, and scholarship of artists working in performance.
With this performance, the artist grasps the difference between ground and figure, and finds a voice capable of commenting on its own situation.
Nostalgia can be comfortable; the past, distanced by time, can be a safe and familiar place to be. All the while the uncertainty of the future makes the dislocated present even more overwhelming and uncomfortable.
The Juniper Tree’s minimal cast and schematic approach to visual narrative let the performative force of the work lie with its transpositions and transmutations.