photo credit: still from video shot by Jake Laukhuf in 2019

You're invited to a work-in-progress showing of Sugar Vendil's Antonym: the opposite of nostalgia. Antonym is a memoir of a Filipinx American childhood that interweaves music and movement. Excavating insignificant yet indelible experiences, Antonym envisions the future as an escape from pain and ponders how we can possess painful memories without being beholden to them. Using field recordings of New York City throughout the year, the four seasons serve as a cyclical frame and context for memory.

The showing will be followed by an audience talkback/q&a session.

Performers/collaborators: flutist Laura Cocks, violinist Cindy Lan, vocalist/dancer Thea Little, composer/choreographer/performer Sugar Vendil, and dancer Annie Wang

limited availability - rsvp