Utterances from the Chorus

Volume One of Danspace Project's PLATFORM 2020: Utterances from the Chorus catalogue traces the curators' lines of inquiry and the processes and practices of artists and writers leading up to a multi-week event. The Platform's live elements occurred February 22 through March 21, 2020. The Platform was co-curated by MacArthur Award recipient, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Danspace Executive Director & Chief Curator, Judy Hussie-Taylor, who ask us to consider:How do we weave a collective song?How can the voice and body be a site of resistance and transformation?How can we share artistic practices - between artists and between artists and audiences?Volume Two will be published in spring 2020 and will include writing and images documenting the five weeks of performances, events, and conversations.Participants include: Martita Abril, Nacera Belaza, Lydia Bell, Peter Born, Jennifer Brogle, mayfield brooks, Tina Campt, Leslie Cuyjet, Eisa Davis, devynn emory, Brittany Engel-Adams, Lily Gold, Yves B Golden x Venïson Man, Melanie Greene, Audrey Hailes, Saidiya Hartman, Jasmine Hearn, Justin Hicks, Judy Hussie-Taylor, Meryem Jazouli, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Kristin Juarez, NIC Kay, Chaesong Kim, Tendayi Kuumba, M. Lamar, Simone Leigh, Breyanna Maples, Anais Maviel, Seta Morton, Benedict Nguyen, Maura Nguyen Donohue, Okwui Okpokwasili, Kay Ottinger, iele paloumpis, Angie Pittman, Jess Pretty, Greg Purnell, Katrina Reid, Jean Carla Rodea, Jaime Shearn Coan, Alice Sheppard, Samita Sinha, Pamela Sneed, Tatyana Tenenbaum, David Thomson, Pyeng Threadgill, Ogemdi Ude, Mariana Valencia, Cecilia Vicuña, Asiya Wadud, Ni'Ja Whitson, AJ Wilmore, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Nehemoyia Young, and Spiral Theory Test Kitchen: Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Quori Theodor, and Precious Okoyomon, and others to be announced. Platform writers in-residence include Chanelle Adams, Omar Berrada, Legacy Russell, and Asiya Wadud.