African American Studies - UC Berkeley
The Performance of Labor/The Labor of Performance: A Convening
An Illuminations Live Panel Discussion, Co-Sponsored by Cal Performances and The Black Studies Collaboratory
Panelists, from left to right on the screen: Ra Malika Imhotep, X'ene Sky, jazz franklin, kai barrow, esperanza spalding, and brontë velez.
Curated by Ra Malika Imhotep, The Performance of Labor/The Labor of Performance is a convening of Black feminist artists and cultural workers who will communally explore the question(s) of how the forms and methods of opera, surrealism, free jazz, poetry, & dance help us communicate the concerns of radical black feminism(s)?
Calling in the Cal Performances production of Wayne Shorter + esperanza spaldings’ …(Iphigenia) alongside each of the artists’ own “works-in-progress,” the panel discussion featuring esperanza/irma on Feb 11th at 11am-12:30pm will explore : What happens when we gather together to create out loud, to sound it out in good company? How might improvised creative dialogue disrupt preconceived notions about the relationships between black femininity, labor and performance? How do we practice and witness a “black feminist politic in making”?
Find out more about Cal Performances: https://calperformances.org/
Find out more about The Black Studies Collaboratory: https://blackstudiescollab.berkeley.edu/
