Performance: September 18
Occidental Square (Seattle)
Fisher has invited dancer and long-time collaborator Elizabeth Hart to Seattle to create a choreographed event on-site. Hart will improvise and interact with the thermodynamic sculpture, exploring the relationship between nature and culture.
Screening: September 25
Occidental Square (Seattle)
An outdoor screening of the film Concrete Flowers (2019) will complement the exhibition on Saturday September 25, 2021. The film follows dancer Elizabeth Hart through an improvised choreographic exploration of Las Pozas. The space is a sculptural garden in Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, Mexico designed and built by surrealist artist Edward James. Beginning with an anecdote of a frost destroying the precious flowers one day, Fisher weaves together a visual vocabulary that draws inspiration from the dreams and practices of other surrealist artists. The film explores the human desire to impose monuments that transcend the powers of time and nature.
Performance: August 8 & 14, 2 PM
Occidental Square (Seattle)
Presented by Velocity Dance Center
Jasmine Hearn: A Patient Practice is a map of multidisciplinary conversations practiced and performed around the country by artist Jasmine Hearn with Hearn's mentors and teachers. It celebrates their connections through the creation of what Hearn calls “choreographic and sonic maps”. In Seattle, Hearn will work with Seattle-based artist Dani Tirrell as they reference the lessons and memories that they share together. Learn more »
Public Performances: August 21 & 22, 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Open Rehearsals: July 2 – August 20
Freeway Park (Seattle)
Presented by On the Boards
UTOPIA: space is a durational, site-responsive performance by Vladimir Kremenović set in Freeway Park, the first freeway lid project in the United States. It celebrates the work of Angela Danadjieva, the immigrant woman who designed the Park’s renowned landscapes. UTOPIA: space activates Freeway Park by transforming it into an evolving art-making hub, with two months of open rehearsals, visual installations, and free performances. Featuring choreography by CommonForm and design intervention by VIA Architecture, the project brings us together to steward our communal reemergence from isolation and rediscovery of public life. Learn more »
Performance: October 2021
Occidental Square (Seattle)
Presented by On the Boards
Seattle-based Degenerate Art Ensemble brings a performance that is part of the company’s current work-in-development. The piece explores animism and the connections and disconnects between human beings and the natural world. The work combines visceral movement, sculptural costume, site-transforming video projection, and live music. It will be performed by director/dancer Haruko Crow Nishimura, composer/musician Joshua Kohl, and video artist Leo Mayberry, with costumes by Wyly Astley. Learn more »
Naomi Fisher: Thermodynamic Flower is organized by Shamim M. Momin, Director of Curatorial Affairs, as part of Bodies of Discovery, a collaborative exhibition organized by the Henry Art Gallery, On the Boards, and Velocity Dance Center, and supported by the Downtown Seattle Association. The exhibition is presented in conjunction with Murmurations, a Seattle-wide arts collaboration featuring a series of exhibitions, performances, screenings, community conversations, artist talks, and other programs co-developed between cultural organizations.