RAG@HOME features Brendan Fernandes in conversation with Inaction dancers, April 3
The choreographer collaborated with an architecture and design firm to create a set of mobile dance supports and platforms for the Richmond Art Gallery presentation
Brendan Fernandes’s Inaction at the Richmond Art Gallery, Photo by Michael Love
RAG@HOME presents Brendan Fernandes in conversation with Inaction dancers Kiara Benn, Charles Gowin and Rachel Meyer April 3 from 1 to 2 pm PDT via Zoom
DRAWING FROM THE realms of visual arts and dance, Brendan Fernandes explores issues of identity, social solidarity, freedom, and political unrest in his work.
An internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist, Fernandes has had work shown at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, MOMA, the Getty Museum, and the National Gallery of Canada, among other places. He’s currently an artist-in-residence and a member of faculty in the department of art, theory and practice at Northwestern University.
For Inaction—his exhibition at Richmond Art Gallery (RAG) that wraps up this weekend—Fernandes worked in collaboration with the architecture and design firm Norman Kelley to create a set of mobile dance supports and platforms for the dancers. Mats, a rug, tumblers, and square grid evoke communal spaces of training and play such as gyms and playgrounds.
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, an in-person production wasn’t possible, so Fernandes worked with four Vancouver-based dancers along with videographer Melanie Devoy to produce the performance for video.
The performance will be available to view online as of April 3. To launch it, RAG@HOME is hosting Fernandes in conversation with dancers Kiara Benn, Charles Gowin, and Rachel Meyer.
Joining the artists in discussing the creative process of Inaction are moderators Benjamin Chaffee, associate director of visual arts at the Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University (a liberal arts community in Connecticut) and RAG director, Shaun Dacey.
The free live-streamed webinar will include transcription/closed captions in English.
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