THE EXPERIENCE

Now available for screening:

PERMANENT: A Couple in Prospect Park (being together)
Photographer Dawoud Bey is very intentional in his work. Rather than describing his practice as “taking” or “shooting” photos (language he rejects because of the history of violence and oppression embedded in Eurocentric photography practices) Bey chooses instead to “make” his photos in collaboration with his subject. He describes his practice as symbiotic, a mutual exchange between him, his subject, and his lens.

Images of Black solidarity, togetherness, community... love, are not merely revolutionary, they are essential and necessary. While there is certainly much hurt and pain in the world, what sustains us is love.

In a world inundated with images of Black people in various states of trauma and pain our second offering through PERMANENT offers a profound alternative. Like Bey, the PERMANENT team works to capture the essence of forces coming together to create something new and beautiful. With original choreography by Komansé’s Raianna Brown in collaboration with a diverse team of local choreographers, and original music created by Okorie Johnson and Asha Harris, PERMANENT: A Couple in Prospect Park (being, together) mirrors Bey’s generative process by asking the question; ‘What can we create together?’