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12.28.21

for Janessa Clark's Tiny Dances

The Tiny Dances Project began in 2017 with just me and a pile of about 100 anonymous letters. The first roughly 40 letters have been physically interpreted, filmed/edited by me and performed with my own body. Feeling that the project wanted/needed to expand I received a grant in order to invite in other dance artists to read, physically translate, and perform more of these letters with their own bodies, sensibilities, and articulations which has thus far been a true gift to work on. Seeking to expand this work even further, ahead of an installation of the project later this year, I’ve invited in more artists working in other mediums to create works of photography, music, and sculpture. I am delighted to share the visual artwork portion of Michigan Letter # 2 (officially Tiny Dance # 44) which is superimposed over one of the original letters I received from an anonymous author in Northern Michigan. This work will be accompanied by an incredible original 12-minute music/sound art composition by my dear long time collaborator @yung_onset currently in New Mexico en route to South America. I’ll be sharing the full work on my website and Vimeo soon, and it will live inside the gallery installation @thecroftresidency this year. This expansion of the #tinydancesproject has been made possible by a grant, the #crojikslargesse, from The Croft Residency which I remain grateful for. It has allowed me to fund the artists to make their work and to gather the materials necessary to build the new installation. ✨ 🎶 🎥 #janessaclark #DavidShaneSmith #privacyasaskillinperformancepratices #dance #videodance #dancefilm #music #multimedia #videoinstallation #videoart #soundart

INT / EXT ::  IN / TEXT   (croft residency letter TDJC 3)

luxury data
convenience data
violent data
gaze of god sizing you up
they put hands on you
they cant feel themselves
nothing in my fingerprint
nothing in my eyes
anticognition
face recognition
siziing you up
and down
they put hands on you
they cant feel themselves
you want to grieve the situation
you want to believe in a simulation
so you can stare back at the gaze of god
sizing you up

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