Performance @Print Center New York
In this collaborative performance inspired by Marie Watt's sculpture Blanket Stories: Great Grandmother, Pandemic, Daybreak (2021), Kyoung eun Kang and sooim lee explore cultural heritage, memory, and individual and collective experiences. Kang and lee—participants in the curatorial project The Faraway Nearby—use pitch, breath, movement, and silence to weave a narrative that resonates with themes of family, care, and resilience. Organized by Jiyeon Paik.
This performance is part of Calling Back, Calling Forward, an afternoon of programming on May 4th, 2024 at Print Center New York during the exhibition Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Organized in response to themes in Marie Watt’s work, Calling Back, Calling Forward extends beyond the artist’s practice to explore personal histories, community engagement, and notions of place and belonging.
Photography: Archtechtonic, Elyse Mertz