August 25th, 2023
Curators
Ro Miller
Elliot Nuss
Artists
MALCOLMX BETTS
Malcolmx Betts is a New York based visual and dance artist who believes that art is a transformative vehicle that brings people and communities together. His artistic work is rooted in investigating embodiment for liberation, Black imagination, and directly engaging with challenges placed on the physical body. He has a community engagement practice allowing artistic freedom and making art accessible to everyone.
CHERRIE YU
Cherrie Yu is an artist born in Xi'an, China and lives in the United States. She works in choreography, moving image, writing and installation. Her practice explores the transmission of embodied knowledge, the critical functions of the archival form, and the idea of the artist as amateur. She received a BA in English from the College of William and Mary in 2017, and a MFA in performance from the School of the Art Institute in 2019. She has produced dance films, lecture performances, and documentaries in the past few years, and she continues to form collaborative relationships with artists and non-artists alike.
KRIS LEE
Kris Lee (she/they) is a New York based dancer, performer and DJ. She received her BFA in Dance from University of the Arts in 2019. Kris was a member of the Stephen Petronio Company (2021-22) and has toured with nora chipaumire (2019-20). She was one of the creators and performers for high noon (2022), the interdisciplinary performance work produced by Ninth Planet. Most recently they have performed in Remains Persist (2022) & Out of and Into: Plot (2023) By Moriah Evans; Variations on Themes from Lost and Found: Scenes from a Life and other works by John Bernd (reprisal) by Ishmael Houston-Jones & Miguel Gutierrez (2023); duel c by Andros Zins-Browne (2023). Kris’ practice taps into the alchemy of live performance, the strategic but unstable glimpse of what could be (but isn’t yet) possible. Questioning through improvisation with movement and sound, they create F.U.B.U bridges to portals for “I” and “I” (the children of the African diaspora).
