Brooklyn, NY
Dorchel Haqq: closed mouths dont get fed
An immersive performance installation that explores the genesis of human consciousness
closed mouths dont get fed is an immersive performance installation by 2024 Artist-in-Residence Dorchel Haqq that explores the genesis of human consciousness. In a two-part experiential journey, the work examines the formative moments when we first recognize our desires and develop the autonomy to express them. In a world constructed through sculpture, movement, and sound, Dorchel navigates a home environment where objects become metaphors for the emerging weight of consciousness of a NYC upbringing where one is influenced by their environment, and illuminates the profound developmental milestone of finding one's voice and agency through play and participation. Dorchel is in collaboration with Hakeem Olayinka for the set design and Kneaku Ashe for the soundscape. Ask and you shall receive.
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Ages: 16 +
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About CPR – Center for Performance Research
CPR – Center for Performance Research is dedicated to supporting artists in the development of new work in contemporary dance, performance, and time-based art. CPR forefronts the artistic process, and upholds a belief that embodied art forms are vital vessels for creativity, connection, and social change. CPR believes that a just and equal performing arts environment is aesthetically, racially, and ethnically diverse; inclusive of bodies of all backgrounds and abilities; committed to BIPOC and LGBTQ+ justice; and supportive of a broad range of embodied modes of expression. CPR’s programs support artistic creation at all stages of development, and provide artists with a wide range of opportunities for development, experimentation, and exchange. Programs are concentrated in three areas: 1) Artistic residency programs which provide creative and professional development support for a diverse range of artists working across contemporary performance practices; 2) Curated and open call public programs that focus on incubation and research, which expose local audiences and the wider NYC arts field to contemporary performance practice and process; and 3) a Subsidized Space Rental Program which ensures that artists can access affordable space for creation and presentation.