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Maya Deren’s Ritual In Transfigured Time
w/ musical accompaniment by Hada Benedito
(via imageoscillite)
This Ain’t A Eulogy: A Ritual for Re-Membering
Based on Taja Lindley’s solo healing performance ritual that debuted at La Mama’s SQUIRTS in 2015, “This Ain’t A Eulogy” is drawing parallels between discarded materials and the violent treatment of Black people in the United States. People in the African Diaspora have a long history of repurposing, remixing, and transforming oppressive systems into valuable cultural practices. In this post-Ferguson moment, Lindley is calling on this legacy to imagine how we can recycle the energy of protest, rage, and grief into creating a world where, indeed, Black Lives Matter.
Special thanks to Ellen Maynard of The Fleet NYC (thefleetnyc.com) for her cinematography and creativity.
