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A Black man wearing short blonde hair extension pieces and a white transparent trench coat seated next to a white person also wearing extensions and a long white transparent dress. Both look down pensively while seated on a dark stage.

Sudden Rise

Moved by the Motion (Wu Tsang and boychild with Patrick Belaga, Josh Johnson, and Asma Maroof)
2016–2018
EMPAC — Troy, NY USA

Fall 2018

Wu Tsang and boychild are in residence with their collaborators Josh Johnson, Patrick Belaga, Jeff Simmons, and Asma Maroof to continue work on a new performance for EMPAC's Theater to be premiered at the 10 YEARS celebration. Footage shot by cinematographer Antonio Cisneros during the August residency will be incorporated into the final performance.

Spring 2018

Wu Tsang and boychild are in residence in EMPAC’s Theater to experiment with light, scrims, and projection surfaces for the development of a new work in their Moved by the Motion series. The performance is conceived in collaboration with Fred Moten, Patrick Belaga, and Klein.

Spring 2016

Artist Wu Tsang was be in residence in the theater with her collaborators boychild and Patrick Belaga to work on the staging of a new iteration of their performance Moved by the Motion.

Main Image: Moved by the Motion in residence in 2018. Courtesy the artists. Photo: EMPAC.

Presented By

EMPAC Fall 2018

Event Type
Dance/Theater
Music/Sound
Time-Based Visual Art
Commission
Residency
Artist
Moved by the Motion
Curator
Vic Brooks