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Saying Grace (2018)
(performance / installation)
Photos by Laura Brichta, Chloé Bellemere & Maria Baranova
Location: The Watermill Center, New York, USA
Duration: 2.5 hours
This piece was presented by Robert Wilson the Watermill Center's 25th Annual Gala fundraiser event in collaboration with actor Nile Harris.
It consisted of a slow dance between two performers to John Coltrane's Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye wearing custom-built virtual reality headsets (provided by Felix & Paul Studio, Montreal), Yves Saint Laurent ensembles c. 1975 (curated by Palindrome Paris) and 14k gold grillz. The dance disintegrates into a more abstract movement piece over time, involving slow, sweeping butoh-inspired gestures.
On both headsets and two screens built into the stage, there is a video compilation of dozens of clips of violence against black bodies, police brutality, blackface, lynchings, African and Vodun rituals and gospel singers.


Clothing research: Palindrome Paris
​VR equipment courtesy of Felix & Paul Studios
​Copyright © 2015 Miles Greenberg. All rights reserved.​