The Tropical Frequencies performance show is an evening of sonic and movement-based performances tapping into the frequencies, including artists mosie river, duendita, Embaci, and Dominica Greene. Led by curator Kiara Cristina Ventura, this performance show will function as a happening that engages poetry, voice, sound, dance, and music. Featuring artists and musicians of Caribbean descent living in NYC, the performances encapsulate concepts around home, belonging, and celebration.
The show is open and free to the public & will be taking place on Saturday, September 21, 5-8 pm at The Arts Center on Governor’s Island, Studio A4.
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
mosie river
Working in the space between figuration and abstraction, mosie romney uses painting as a portal through which to explore themes of self-perception and polychronic time. A worldbuilder informed by a background in set design and puppetry, romney stages fantasy worlds that disrupt our notions of nostalgia, memory, the archive, time, the past, and the present. Recontextualizing images from a multitude of sources including family photo albums found on the internet, movie stills, literature, screenshots, dreams, and an evolving cast of characters continually recycled from previous works, romney tells stories of empowerment and explores life as a multi-performative experience. Using fantasy as a tool to grapple with realities of daily life, romney’s work conveys the emotional disposition of living in a society where contact across boundaries is constantly in variance. @mosie_river
Photo by Mary Manning.
duendita
duendita is a band from Queens, New York. They write and produce their own music, imbuing it with a reverence for their ancestry, community, and faith. Flowing in various shapes and formations, duendita is a living collaborative project made with family and friends across mediums and cities. @duendita www.duendita.com
Photo by Lula Hyers.
Embaci
Embaci is an artist and musician whose creations transport listeners to a celestial, alternate universe, vividly reflecting her boundless imagination. Celebrated for her ethereal voice and poetic lyricism, she has garnered international acclaim as both an artist and a multidisciplinary virtuoso. Her music transcends conventional genre boundaries and flourishes within collaborative processes. Embaci's sonic visions are a testament to her artistic sensitivity and emotional depth, striking a harmonious balance between delicacy and strength that resonates deeply with audiences. She has performed or exhibited at The Institute of Contemporary Art(London, UK), Yale Union (Portland, OR),Abrons Arts Center (New York, NY), MoMA PS1 (New sYork, NY), HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin, DE), Issue Project Room (New York, NY), The Bourse de commerce - Pinault Collection(Paris, FR), Zürcher Theater Spektakel (Zürich, CH). @embaci
Dominica Greene
Dominica Greene is a bi-racial Caribbean-American artist harnessing the elements, spirit, and womanness into an existence rooted in love, community, and regeneration. Residing on the unceded lands of the Munsee Lenape people, Greene creates conceptual, body-based art guided by her philosophy that dance is a ubiquitous energetic entity encompassing anything that is alive or in proximity to aliveness. Her work seeks to reflect nature, human and otherwise, as a way of highlighting humanity, our similarities and differences, and the stark similarities in our differences. @draminica dominicagreene.com
Photo by Myssi Robinson.