Black in Both Directions: Temporalities of Freedom
July 31 | 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Free Admission
709 N Howard St.
Join Making Space Bmore and Muse Dodd for Black in Both Directions: Temporalities of Freedom, an interactive audiovisual experience featuring scenes from Muse Dodd's film Black in both Directions, an experimental documentary that explores Black people's to space and time through an afro-futurist lens. This performance will feature a live Score with MUSE(O)FIRE & Bashi Rose and motion and audio responsive visuals.
BLACK IN BOTH DIRECTIONS (forthcoming Documentary) EXPLORES HOW BLACK PEOPLE EXPERIENCE TIME, LOOKING AT PHYSICAL SITES OF SUBJUGATION AND RESISTANCE TO UNLOCK ANCESTRAL MEMORIES THROUGH RITUAL, PERFORMANCE AND MEMORY. ARTIST MUSE DODD CREATES A VISUAL WORLD THAT CONNECTS ACROSS DIASPORAS. A MARYLAND NATIVE WITH DEEP FAMILIAL ROOTS IN THE RIVER PARISHES OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA MUSE WEAVES STORIES OF RESISTANCE, TIME BENDING AND QUEER LIBERATION THROUGH FILM, PHOTO AND SONIC INSTALLATION.
This event is supported by The Rubys Artist Grant and hosted by Making Space Bmore.
Schedule:
6pm - Doors
6:30pm - 7:30pm - Performance & Screening
7:30pm-8:30pm - Talkback with Muse Dodd and Curator Martina Dodd
8:30pm - 9:00pm - Closing Dance Party
About Muse Dodd
Muse Dodd (They/Them) is an Anti-disciplinary Artist, Curator and DJ from Severn, MD based between Baltimore, MD and Jamaica, NY. Their work centers on the questions, How do you remember and what do you choose to forget? Through the act of remembering, Muse uses their body to map the lived experience of Africans in America. Muse channels trauma to connect with, process and alchemize pain; both personal and collective through movement, ritual and collective dreaming. Muse holds a BA in Film Production from Howard University and studied at the Film Academy in Prague. Muse was a 2022 Artist in Residence at Stove Works and the summer 2022 Workspace Resident at Squeaky Wheel. Muse was a 2020 Corrina Mehiel fellow and a 2019-2020 Leslie Lohman Museum Artist Fellow and was the 2019 DCAC Curatorial Fellow. A former Artist-in-Residence at the Flux Factory, they were also a 2018 Artist-in-Residence at the ARoS Museum in Denmark. Muse video work has been commissioned for performances at The Shed, Mabou Mines Theater, and Dixon Place. Through their work, Muse hopes to create space for Black people to be free, if only for a frame.
We cannot wait to gather with you.
CONTACT
For inquiries, please contact makingspacebmore@gmail.com
EVENT ACCESSIBILITY:
MSB is on the ground level, and the space is accessible by a ramp.
Bathrooms are wheelchair accessible and gender neutral
Masks encouraged
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