wonderful show – “STOP MOTION – start action” – at the fringe festival today. our multimedia piece “other echoes” was strong and beautiful. when some of frantz fanon’s words appeared on screen along with larissa pham’s description of microaggressions as low grade radiation, i heard a definite reaction from the audience. thank u to Mariko Yamada for being such a perfect collaborator, thank u to all the dancers for understanding the spirit of the piece and embodying it so passionately, thank u to Rajesh Barnabas for his gorgeous cinematography, thank u to Artists Coalition for Change Together for giving us this opportunity and thank u to all my fam and friends for being there. just as this piece was informed by my film on racism, the film will be informed by this piece and how it came together. we need to go deeper, we need to talk more. so much work to be done.
