The Books of Waiting

These assembled 'Disappeared Prayers' make this Book Two. This artwork, The Books of Waiting, began from improvised performative actions based on visceral memories. They were video recorded as they happened without second takes, special lighting, or props. A narrative developed from these embodiment explorations, and I organized them into video chapters, including my texts interspersed with letters from my mother. I found those letters after her sudden death in 1999. 

This work is committed to expressing —from deep within the body— dimensions of state violence's intangible impacts. It attempts to do so in the tradition of 'instant dance, improvisations, and performance' I was immersed in during the late 1980s in NYC. The work took place in non-controlled spaces, forests and abandoned areas, in Toronto ON, the Laurentian region of QC, and Detroit MI.