Begun during my adventures overseas, the Female Expat Project began as a collection of artworks about female expatriates and their original ideas about place. On the flip side of expatriates' nomadic lifestyles are contemporary nesting instincts—also explored in this blog. Really it's a publicly available sketchbook in the cloud supporting my artwork. http://joelledietrick.com
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Nora Chipaumire on NPR
My collaboration with Nora Chipaumire is now in full swing. She loves my animations projected both on the back of the stage and a huge scrim placed downstage. I have to admit I myself am awestruck by them as they are projected to monumental sizes, perhaps 20 feet tall. Thomas Mapfumo and his band arrive Monday to practice and perform the piece at FSU Black Box next Thursday, June 5. I feel so lucky. I don't know how all of this happened...
You can find a video of Nora dancing here. Hopefully I can post an image from Thursday's performance soon.
The collaboration's interest for the expat community lies in the impetus for project, namely in our investigations into transnational moves and the impact on the individual. More details to come...
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