on the way, undone
2021
on the way, undone is the first in a series of lamentations that mark the rupture between a precolonial West African body and the charged space of identity within a contemporary Black body. At the heart of this epic song is a mother’s wail with the gravitational force of generations. It signals a mother’s grief for a lost daughter. In this iteration, a chorus of muses and furies echo her grief and sustain her.
conceived and composed by Okwui Okpokwasili
in collaboration with mayfield brooks, Anaïs Marvel, and Samita Sinha
with headpieces designed by Peter Born and Okwui Okpokwasili
and a sonic landscape by Peter Born
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NYC High Line May 3-6, 2021
Crossing the Line Festival at FIAF, at Weeksville Heritage Center October 21-23, 2021