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Presented by The Bushwick Starr
in partnership with Whitney White
and in association with No Guarantees
Created by Whitney White
A socially distant installation experience that takes a surrealist look at an African American woman's inner awakenings. Created by director and musician Whitney White, this multi-media event takes the audience through a guided journey with pre-recorded text and music. DEFINITION featured works from US-based artists within the mediums of: video, design, photography, painting, drawing, and other visual forms, speaking to the themes of Black women’s mental, physical, and sexual health.
This show was performed at The Mercury Store during the Starr’s four-year journey to our new permanent home.
Composer/Music Director/Sound Designer Dan Rosato, Scenic/Props Designer Dan Soule, Lighting Designer Stacey Derosier, Video Designer Johnny Moreno, Voice Performers Russell G. Jones, Mary Knapp, Nate Miller, Grace Porter, and Ari’el Stachel, Recording Musicians Toru Dodo, Chris Eddleton, Jannina Norpoth, John-Paul Norpoth and Dan Rosato, Sound Mixers Ryan Hopper & Hill, Assistant Scenic Designer Wesley Cornwell, Assistant Lighting Designer Nyle Farmer, Production Manager Emma Johnson, Technical Director Jay Maury, Associate Director/Associate Producer Rebecca Miller Kratzer, Installation Coordinator Keyana Hemphill, Associate Producer Jordan Delise Fleming, Line Producer John Del Gaudio
Installation visual artists Shelley Fort, Miranda Haymon, Cloteal Horne, Kenard Jackson, Gabrielle Randall, Erin Reid, Asia Stewart, Teyanna Stone, x, and Jaleeca Yancy
DEFINITION was previously workshopped with Ars Nova and Sundance Theatre Institute. It also received a reading as part of The Bushwick Starr Reading Series. DEFINITION is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and The MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.