July First Friday: a (dirty) show in the alley

We continued through the Sculptformance series, The Residue for the July First Friday with a work in progress showing of Phase III. The Residue is inspired by watching loved ones suffer because of an inability to talk about or express enormous life changes. The series is built out of a map that charts the rhythms and patterns of the 7 days of the week and outlines a vocabulary and aesthetic for each day. Contemplate the different qualities and energies you experience on a Wednesday versus a Sunday. The map of the week then serves as a container to deconstruct and explore 7 phases we may go through when coping (or not) with something very difficult to talk about.

PHASE III is paralleled with the energetic qualities of a WEDNESDAY.

Rhythm.
Living in Denial with Distraction.
Determined Dependency.
Syndrome.

In our own alley way space,
DENVER PERFORMANCE RESEARCH:


The following photos were taken during the evening's Sculptformance (our apologies to some of their blurriness) and the text was spoken and repeatedly integrated into the improvisational performance:

When face by outside threats there is safety in numbers,
but inside such an enclave there is never lasting security or peace.

I'm afraid of looking at things that confuse me.
To be confused and not know you are confused is the definition of stupidity. Contorted Bodies seeking sustainable posture
If you fear abandonment,
it keeps you in a state of dependency, which
makes you feel you are unable to cope. Pathology.




Syndrome is a very, very good word.
It is the concurrence of a set of symptoms, a repetition.
That shows a pathology.