Underpass | A Beacon of Light
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Underpass
Karen Ng, saxophonist and composer
Juliet Palmer, field recording and artistic director
Jean Martin, audio producer
A Beacon of Light
Aug 27-28 and Sept 10-11: 4:00-5:30pm
Dance installation by Julia Aplin performed by Meryem Alaoui (Aug 27), Nidhi Baadkar (Aug 28), Rebecca Hope Terry (Sept 10) and Molly Johnson (Sept 11).
An investigation of finding and amplifying the light in a dark, inhospitable place.
This underworld urban landscape, devoid of plant life and smothered in the darkness of the overhead highway is a metaphor for our time. There is a relentless overhead rolling of rubber tires--a reminder of forests and cultures destroyed for our convenience. The car engines powered by fossil fuels is a constant reminder of our self-induced climate crisis. And yet, there is green life on the edges and narrow beams of light break through the dark. A single human figure dances in that light, amplifying hope and shining disco light magic through the starkness of the situation.
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.”
Madeline L’Engle
“There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
