Utterances (2021)
Curated by Elisa Gutiérrez Eriksen, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
“Utterances” was a group exhibition at the NARS Foundation that featured the works of Season IV 2021 artists-in-residence: Niki Afsar, Guillaume Brisson-Darveau, Shuyi Cao, Ahmet Civelek, Barnett Cohen, Rodney Ewing, Bradley Marshall, Tenzin Phuntsog, Hae Won Sohn, Yoshie Sugito, and Asia Stewart.
Work shown above: No More Blue Mondays, 2021, Two-channel video, 23 minutes
Legs is Legs (ft. Shara Lunon)
"Legs is Legs" was performed live on December 15, 2021 at the closing reception of the NARS Foundation's "Utterances" exhibition.
In "Legs is Legs," I use approximately 100 nylon stockings to bind my body to an ironing board. My repeated gestures physicalize the constraints that dictate how women and femmes can and should present their bodies to others.
During this performance, musician and artist Shara Lunon transforms my body into a score. Throughout the hour-long piece, Lunon responds to my physical movements and creates improvised sounds.
Concept by Asia Stewart
Performed by Asia Stewart & Shara Lunon
Sound by Shara Lunon
Videography by Jasiel Lampkin
Edited by Asia Stewart