The Universe is Expanding: Emergent Performance by Nova Scott-James⁣

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he Universe is Expanding: Emergent Performance by Nova Scott-James⁣
March 11 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm⁣
REGISTER VIA LINK: https://withfriends.co/event/9549620/the_universe_is_expanding_emergent_performance_by_nova_scott_james

Filmmaker, medium, artist, and innovation doula Nova Scott-James will share media and process documentation from three performance pieces, A Eulogy For The Lenox Lounge, The Imposter, and Freeing The Caged Bird. Each of these performances involve an invocation of death as it relates to the transmutation of memories.⁣

1. Eulogy For The Lenox Lounge (2017)⁣

A soulful melody played on a fire escape above the demolition site of the Lenox Lounge, a historic Jazz club in Harlem,NYC stealthily demolished in 2017 in a massive wave of gentrification. Featuring Tivon Pennicott on Saxophone. Directed and Curated by Nova Scott- James.⁣

A cultural thank you and acknowledgement of The historical Lennox Lounge Jazz club in Harlem, which was demolished in 2017.⁣

A special thank you to Erica Johnson.⁣

2. The Imposter (2018)⁣
The artist transmutes the trauma of her past by performing in white-face as the male teacher that sexually abused her as a child.⁣

Performed by Nova Scott-James; Featured in the short film Nova: A New Spelling of My Name, 2020⁣

Camera by Jaime Inglehart, Sholeh Asgary, Catalina Alvarez, Natalie Tsui; Makeup by Kyle Kreuger; Special Thank You to Timmie Larode⁣

3. Freeing The Caged Bird (2020)⁣
An exploration of the work required to honor and translate collective memory through intuitive movement and talking to plants. Performed by Nova Scott-James.⁣

Camera by Tanya Jackson, Nova Scott-James; Performance at the corn field at Sweet Freedom Farm, Hudson Valley, NY; Bird mask made by mask: Lexy Ho-Tai @Lexymakesthings; Special thank you to Sweet Freedom Farm and Charlotte Azad⁣

Made through New Work Grant from Queens Council on The Arts (2020 grant recipient).

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Thursday, March 11, 2021

5:00pm - 6:30pm

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The Universe is Expanding: Emergent Performance by Nova Scott-James⁣
he Universe is Expanding: Emergent Performance by Nova Scott-James⁣ March 11 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm⁣ REGISTER VIA LINK: https://withfriends.co/event/9549620/the_universe_is_expanding_emergent_performance_by_nova_scott_james ⁣ Filmmaker, medium, artist, and innovation doula Nova Scott-James will share...
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