other boxes
Stories for Future Ancestors Part I
AKA my contribution to the double solo show CONJUNCTION with Medea Exogiinos
STORIES FOR FUTURE ANCESTORS, PART 1: OTHER BOXES
I. Chimera (seeking/sought)
II. Masala (bringing/brought)
III. Nepantla (losing/lost)
IV. Indigofera (finding/found)
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THE CHOREOGRAPHY
I. CHIMERA (Seeking/sought)
Music: John Hardy by Bela Fleck, Jie-Bing Chen, and Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
(rope)
II. MASALA (Bringing/brought)
Music: Folk Dreams by Nordic Raga
(rope and dance)
III. NEPANTLA (Losing/lost)
Music: Island No. 2 by Arooj Aftab
(span sets)
IV. INDIGOFERA (Finding/found)
Music: Hildegard of Bingen's O Tu Illustrata sung by Maia Ramnath and Medea Exogiinos;
Vestige I by Lorn
(Spanish web and rope duo)
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THE VIDEOS
Music: Gånglåt från Laggars by Mynta
Music: Vildhonung by Nordic Raga
Music: Island No. 2 by Arooj Aftab
IV. INDIGOFERA (Finding/found)
Music: Hildegard of Bingen's O Tu Illustrata sung by Maia Ramnath and Medea Exogiinos
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THE TEXTS
This is a living document which may continue to evolve. It is not a definitive statement with firm conclusions about anything, but a personal exploration during a pause to take stock of things and get my bearings. It reflects my thought processes between 2020 and 2024, and corresponds to the videos and choreography i was making at the same time. I will no doubt continue to think and learn further.
I. CHIMERA
A Story of the Chimera: A Chimera Walks into a Bar...
What This Is About:
Listening to the Ancestors
Many Kinds of Ancestors
Another Story of the Chimera: In Liminal Space
The Box Marked Other (Filling out the Form)
A Story of a Chimerical Wanderer
II. MASALA
Boxes in the Basement
Ancestor Stories
Beyond 7 generations: 63,000s BCE to 1750s
7 generations back: 1760s-1780s
6 generations back: 1790s-1810s
5 generations back: 1820s-1840s
4 generations back: 1850s-1870s
3 generations back: 1880s-1900s
2 generations back: 1910s-30s
1 generation back: 1940s-60s
Unpacking the Boxes: What I Learned (Listening to the Ancestors)
Who Are "My People"? (Many Kinds of Ancestors)
III. NEPANTLA
The Chimera Moved Out Onto the Plains Alone...
On Citation: An Intellectual Genealogy (Many Kinds of Ancestors)
Hybridity
Mestizaje
Liminality
Songs of Nepantla (Listening to the Ancestors)
1. Occam's Razor
2. Song of the Streets
3. Panoptes, Pandora
4. The Hungry Caterpillar
5. Song of Impurity
6. Boomerang
7. The Bridge
IV. INDIGOFERA
Indigo/Celestial Navigation
Soma
Indigofera
The "Medicine Wheel" (Listening to the Ancestors)
The Blood of the Covenant (Many Kinds of Ancestor)
I Have Many Kinds of Ancestor (What Do I Do?)
Maternal Kin
Paternal Kin
Kith of the Covenant
I Will Be Many Kinds of Ancestor (What Do I Leave Behind?)
A Story of a Crossroads