Somatic Shrines for Crip Times: Act I

Justus Harris verwandelt Studio 14 in den Uferstudios in einen Schrein. Die Performance Somatic Shrines for Crip Times widmet sich den gelebten Erfahrungen von Menschen mit Behinderung. Das Projekt verbindet digitale Kunst, Performance und Gesundheitsadvocacy. Im Zentrum stehen Avatare, die Emotionen wie Trauer, Wut und Freude verkörpern. Die Zuschauer beobachten, wie diese digitalen Projektionen als Träger von Wissen und Erfahrung erscheinen. Es ist eine Auseinandersetzung mit der eigenen Ästhetik von Behinderung.

Somatic Shrines for Crip Times is an immersive performance and exhibition modeled on the concept of a shrine honoring the lived experience of people with disabilities. The project creates an aesthetic language for what disability feels like made visible through performance, digital art, and health advocacy.\nThe performance consists of offerings given to imagined avatars connected to emotions including pleasure, grief, and anger within the context of disability experiences. These avatars are digitally projected and emerge during the piece as embodiments of disability experience and wisdom. Each performer gives a specific offering to their avatar through personal gesture and choreography drawn from their own experience, translating emotion into color, visual animation, and form. The audience is positioned in a variety of accessible seating options as the avatars move between the performers, creating a speculative space in which disability wisdom can be communicated across time and between people.