Performance Philosophy Reading Group with JJJJJerome Ellis
In collaboration with CPR - Center for Performance Research
Photo by Marc J. Franklin
About the reading group
This event will take place in-person at CPR, as well as online via livestream. Participants can engage in discussion from both platforms.
Location: 361 Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Time: 6-7:15 pm EST (1 hour 15 mins)
Capacity is limited
Registration: Free
Register here
Closed captioning will be provided on the virtual platform. ASL interpretation may be provided, upon request, and with at least two weeks’ advance notice, by emailing remi@cprnyc.org.
Organized with Center for Performance Research, this gathering of the Performance Philosophy Reading Group is hosted by JJJJJerome Ellis, whose forthcoming book with Wendy's Subway, The Clearing, launches November 5, 2021. Ellis will propose readings and lead a discussion based on this new publication, as well as a close reading of Scenes of Subjection by Saidiya Hartman.
In Performance Philosophy Reading Group we read exhilarating and thought-provoking texts as a springboard into generative discussion and thought-experimentation. Each gathering is hosted by a special guest, who engages the texts in whatever way seems most productive, and participants are encouraged to bring their own perspectives to the discussion.
Readings and materials will be shared with participants who RSVP, approximately 2 weeks in advance of the program.
About the facilitator
JJJJJerome Ellis is a blk disabled animal, stutterer, and artist. Through music, literature, performance, and video, he explores blkness, disabled speech, and music as forces of refusal, possibility, reparation, and healing.
About Center for Performance Research
CPR – Center for Performance Research is dedicated to supporting artists in the development of new work in contemporary dance and performance. CPR focuses its activities in three key areas: creative and professional development support; providing affordable space for artists; and public programming. Curated and open-call programs focus on providing artists with rehearsal, residency, and performance support, which generates time and space for research and dialogue, and creates opportunities to share work in a variety of contexts. CPR’s subsidized space rental program helps to ensure that artists can access CPR’s flexible studios and performance space at affordable rates to create and share their work. By presenting work to the public through performances, work-in-progress showings, salon-style discussions, exhibitions, and festivals, CPR exposes local audiences and its community to contemporary artistic practice and process.
Important note regarding Covid-19
The safety of CPR’s artists, visitors, and staff is our top priority. In accordance with the NYC mandate, documentation showing proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 (at least 14 days after final dose) will be required to enter CPR. A physical or photocopy of your vaccination card or NYS Excelsior Pass will be acceptable. CPR may also require masks or social distancing, at its sole discretion.