Grandmother Cindy
cindy sessions | love, loss and land
performance
2022
in collaboration with
devynn emory
choreography, direction, text
devynn emory, Joseph M. Pierce, Cindy the mannequin, Elisa Harkins
performance
sound in order
Fatima Adamu
original score
Beautiful Chorus
“Faith’s Hymn”
Elisa Harkins
“Muscogee (Creek) Hymn“
Jorge Cousineau
cinematography and editing
Jorge Cousineau
cinematic audio production
Michael Ryterband
mannequin audio production
M. Rodriguez
sound consultant
Reilly Horan
mannequin embodiment
Reilly Horan
production/stage management
projections/ancestor design
Quinha Faria
“Supply and Demand” (2021)
devynn emory
ancestors reimagined
Elisa Harkins
“Muscogee (Creek) Hymn“
Dulce Izaguirre
scenic support
Grandmother Cindy previewed at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art Gala and Poetry Project, and premiered in its final form Cindy Sessions at Gibney Dance in June 2022 (NYC). Part 1 of the trilogy, deadbird and its touring public altar can anyone help me hold this body, can be accessed online at www.deadbird.land.
Grandmother Cindy was commissioned by The Poetry Project 2022. It was created with support from the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, residency support from Artists Space, and will premiere as Cindy Sessions at Gibney Dance June 9, 10, 11 2022.
Grandmother Cindy was commissioned as a virtual film by The Poetry Project in 2022. It is created as a live performance with residency and production support from Artists Space and with additional support from the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art and Frieze Art Fair.
past
03.2022 | NYC | The Poetry Project
05.2022 | NYC | ARTISTS SPACE
Press
FRIEZE
devynn emory: Bridging Life and Death through Empathy
by Jay Sanders
The New York-based artist talks about their latest performance Grandmother Cindy, bringing together dance, medicine and mannequins to create rituals for living, caring and dying.