I am interested in how people talk about what they think. The sequence of words chosen to lend a bridge to tangential thought and indescribable feelings. what I mean is the revisitation of conversations I had with each artist early on in COVID-19. Between April - August 2020 I talked with artists about their artistic process in the project Portraits of Process.This conversation was documented and made into a video (30-45 min in length). In what I mean, I revisited the transcriptions of those previous talks (transcribed by Shana Crawford and Cheryl Young) and proposed a new iteration - the artist reflects on what they had previously said, and they follow up on a thought pattern (kind of like "what I mean to say when I talk about ______"). These are more like monologues, and kept short (10-15 min). The artists have contributed footage (video, photo) that I have layered on top of their talking. Braided together - our viewing, their words and their images.
Jessie Young is a Brooklyn-based choreographer, performer and teacher originally from Port Angeles, WA.
She works choreographically to direct conditions of exploration that render themselves as dances, collages, photographs, sound scores and pedagogical structures.
She has been an artist in residence at New York Live Arts (Fresh Tracks), Brooklyn Studios for Dance (NY), The Floor on Atlantic (NY) and Centrum (WA). As a performer, she has had the pleasure of working with Abby Z and the New Utility, Julie Mayo, Stephanie Acosta and Khecari Dance Theater, among others. Currently, she is dancing in work with Beth Gill, Julie Mayo, Same As Sister and Kendra Portier. As an organizer, she is working with AUNTS in their Public Performance Initiative. She is on faculty at Rutgers University, American Dance Festival, contributes to the online teaching platform freeskewl and has a virtual pilates studio through the platform Core to Coeur.
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