Tuesday, June 29 - Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
august 15, 2010
Times Square
New York, NY
2-hour performance based on american legends paul bunyan and harriet tubman
williamsburg historical society
brooklyn, NY
a myth is folded and unfolded both literally and figuratively
performers: josephine decker and evan leed
performance art
5-day performance responding to the BP oil spill
blog about the project at http://www.spilloversquared.tumblr.com
fakelore
exhibit curated by: nina kong
upcoming
i will be making a version of evacuation with youngsters -- “school evacuation” -- this fall in dumbo.
and stay tuned for performance-art-meets-life:
“madonna mia violenta”
a film with
Six performers circle Times Square in slow motion for 5 days with very full buckets of “oil” on their heads. Their clothes grow darker with each passing day. Every now and then, the slowness of their pace is punctuated by a bucket suddenly tipping over and spilling.
Sunday, October 16, and Wednesday, September 22, 2011
Brooklyn Bridge
New York, NY
2-day performance responding to climate change’s effects on marine life
curated by the human impacts institute
directed by josephine decker
conceived by josephine decker and evan leed
Seven fish “evacuate” the ocean, moving in slow-motion across the Brooklyn Bridge, as a newsboy announces the dire state of the ocean’s affairs.
performance art residency at www.theschoolofmakingthinking.com
june 2011
delhi, ny
audience members are taken on a journey through the senses
led by josephine decker and adriana disman
the school of making thinking
This Saturday September 29, 2012 6 pm and Sunday September 30, 2-12 4 pm
starting at Jane’s Carousel and proceeding through Dumbo
a ‘school’ of fish evacuates the ocean and swing dances
curated by the dumbo arts festival and the human impacts institute
directed by josephine decker
sponsored by the 92nd St Y Harkness Dance Center
choreography by Ground Grippers Dance Company.
costumes by sarah o’brien, art by anna oliver and danielle brustman
performed by eight stellar young people -- priya, annika, delany, amelia, eleanor, carla, lissa, oona -- and aaron finbloom, sophie traub and josephine
produced by artemis shaw