Image courtesy Emily Wexler.
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Utilizing the poetics of longing and erosion, Birdsong is a multimedia performance work which considers the repetition and reverberation of trauma and the ways that grief and resignation vibrate within us. Working with a variety of materials including clay, water, dirt, and industrial fans, and a multi-generational cast captured on film across several seasons in Prospect Park, this workshop presentation will explore the scaffolding of the work. After generating material and building performances in CPR’s spaces for nearly a decade, including as an Artist-in-Residence in 2015 and 2016, this performance is a record of Emily Wexler’s process in and with CPR, and offers a space for reflection, feedback, and public engagement.
The work features a solo performance by Wexler, with on-camera appearances by Chip Alexandria, Courtney Cooke, Canyon Carroll, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Niall Jones, Rachel Orji, Rebecca Pantano, Arabia Richardson, and Song Tucker, costumes by Lily Shell, and a clay sculpture by Jena Gilbert-Merrill.