Marching On Performance Teaser, November 2017. Commissioned by Storefront for Art

and Architecture. Video by Feran Mendoza and Chris Balmer.

 

 

Marching On Performance

Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem (enter at 122nd St. and Madison Avenue)

Commissioned by Storefront for Art and Architecture

Presented by the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance, Storefront, and Performa

 

All performances are free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

 

Saturday, November 11th, 2017

 

Sunday, November 12th, 2017

 

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Marching On: The Politics of Performance is a project commissioned by Storefront that explores the legacy of marching and organized forms of performance. African-American marching bands have long been powerful agents of cultural and political expression, celebrating collective identities and asserting rights to public space and visibility.

 

Bryony Roberts and Mabel O. Wilson collaborate with the Marching Cobras of New York, a Harlem-based after-school drum line and dance team in a new project that interweaves echoes of the 1917 Silent Parade against racial violence with references to the revered Harlem Hellfighters in order to celebrate the crucial role of the community’s collective performances as acts of both cultural expression and political resistance.

 

Marching On will be inaugurated with a series of performances presented by the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance, Storefront, and Peforma during Performa 17. The performances are free and open to the public.

 

A subsequent exhibition will be presented at Storefront’s gallery space in early 2018. Read more about the exhibition here.

 

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Project Credits

Marching On is a project by Bryony Roberts and Mabel O. Wilson in collaboration with the Marching Cobras of New York, commissioned by Storefront for Art and Architecture, and presented with the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance and Performa 17.

Commissioning Institution –  Storefront for Art and Architecture
     Chief Curator: Eva Franch i Gilabert
     Associate Curator: Carlos Mínguez Carrasco
     Director of Strategic Development: Jinny Khanduja
     Programs Producer: Max Lauter
Artistic Direction – Bryony Roberts and Mabel O. Wilson
Choreography – Terrel Stowers and Kevin Young of the Marching Cobras of New York
Performers – The Marching Cobras of New York
Costume Sourcing – Joseph Blaha and Morgen Warner
Cape Construction – Colin Davis Jones Studios
Fabric Printing – Design2Print
Graphic Design – Once-Future Office (Nikki Chung and Dungjai Pungauthaikan)
Videography and Film Editing – Ferran De Mendoza
Photography – Jenica Heintzelman
Research Assistance – Mariam Abd El Azim (Storefront for Art and Architecture) and Mayra Mahmood (Columbia GSAPP)
Production Assistance – Sasha Okshetyn and Maaike Gouwenberg (Performa)

 

 

Project Support

Marching On: The Politics of Performance is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

 

General Support

Storefront’s programming is made possible through general support from Arup; DS+R; F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.; Knippers Helbig; KPF; MADWORKSHOP; ODA; Rockwell Group; Roger Ferris + Partners; Tishman Speyer; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; The Greenwich Collection Ltd.; the Lily Auchincloss Foundation; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; The Peter T. Joseph Foundation; and by Storefront’s Board of Directors, members, and individual donors.

 

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Photo: Marching Cobras rehearsal for Marching On, Marcus Garvey Park, Spring 2017. Courtesy of Storefront for Art and Architecture.