SUSPENDED MOMENT

Suspended Moment captures the human implications of nuclear technology through a sculptural installation, magnified by a Butoh performance, soundscape, and poetry.

At the center of the installation are life-sized sculptures of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, created by artist Yukiyo Kawano. Yuki was born and raised in Hiroshima and is a third-generation atomic bomb survivor. She creates her sculptures from WWII-era kimonos that belonged to her grandmother, and sews them together with her hair. Listen to a sound clip from a performance at Joan Mitchell Residency Program ( pictured left) here.

Project lead: Yukiyo Kawano, Choreography/Dance: Meshi Chavez, Sound: Lisa DeGrace

Timsilla and the cypress tree

February 2018

Choreography: Meshi Chavez

Music: Lisa DeGrace

OR BE DraGged

Live performance clip Portland, OR | October 2012| Choreography/Dance by Meshi Chavez. Music by Lisa DeGrace

Split in two. Pulled in many directions. Regret? Relief? Where do I go from here? Each day, each moment, each breath we are bombarded with choice after choice. How we process and live with our choices can mean the difference between freedom and despair.