Myssi Robinson
Myssi Robinson moves from the inside out. It’s as if she has conversations with every breath, registers them in her limbs, and then envelops the space. Whether in works by David Dorfman or Kyle Marshall, she masterfully mixes text and technique.
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Myssi will be at UDC from April 14 - 20. She will perform Saturday, April 19th at 7:30p. She will be doing imaginative archiving sessions instead of a community class on Sunday. Sign up HERE
All About Me
I am a Bessie award winning performer, multidisciplinary maker and caregiver from Powhatan lands / Richmond, VA. I explores imaginative archiving, mixed-media marking + design, ritual curiosities and my own improvisational body. Through photography, video poetry, visual art response and spirit-forward witnessing, I ask how the archive can flirt with embodiment, collective processing, affirmation of being and the blurring of legibility. In all of my working, intuition and empathy play with maximalist instinct to give life to what comes. Gratitude to Carolyn and Darrin for my life and abilities to create freely within it. may we all heal.
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U R B A N A O F F E R I N G
The body is the source and destination of the archive. Impulse, sensitivity,, interconnection, forwardness, chaos, remembering, breathing. Archives preserve, transmit, describe, collect, contextualize. My archival practice loosens and amplifies to honor the preciousness, messiness and illegibility of being. It leans in and asks spirit to lead through sensation, deep listening and poetic processing. It is reflective, relational, intimate and affirming.
On Sunday April 20, I am inviting Urbana community into 30 - 45 min imaginative archiving session. In self-chosen groups of 1 - 6 people, I plan for us to:
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Warm up into one another’s presence through dancing together.
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Talk about how you (all) would like to be seen and in which medium: photography,
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videography, or drawing.
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Witness you dancing/being while I respond in the chosen medium.
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Rest and reflect.
….. materials will be ready for you within the following week.
Sliding scale : $20 - $100
***I am collecting financial offerings to help reimburse my residency travel costs.
Available time slots in the Small Studio:
12 - 12:45
1 - 1:45
2 - 2:45
4:00 - 4:45
5:00 - 5:45
6:00 - 6:45
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This way of seeing feels revitalizing in a time when bodies and history are so threatened. We need alternative angles on our becoming. To everyone who invites me to attend to their lifeforce in this way, I am thankful.
