Open Investigation I: Old North Church 2019
Performative Investigation. 6 hours
Reciprocity Collaborative
Artist Residency: Old North Church
Collaborators: Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig, Sue Murad, Jenna Pollack, Ilya Vidrin, Zaca Yvaire
November 2018 - November 2019
This short documentation represents early research during our 2019 National Parks Residency at Old North Church. We began here by investigating the physicality of the historic architecture and its embedded impulses, negotiating between the public and the private, personal and communal. As part of our process, we held our first Open Investigation where we formally invited dialogue with the public through guiding questions related to community, ritual, and cultural rhythms.
At the Reciprocity Collaborative, we believe the way to understand reciprocity is through practice. As an organization, we are committed to collaboration, sharing expertise through dialogue in a wide range of disciplines including clinical care, creative technology, social practice, and visual and performing arts.
Our mission is to create broad opportunities for meaningful collaboration. Since 2012, we have been fostering a network of creative professionals who actively make their process of collaboration visible to themselves and others. The creative network is ever-growing, and currently includes musicians, social practice artists, dancers, creative technologists, actors, mechanical engineers, clinical healthcare professionals, visual artists, and cinematographers. Our events continue to develop and evolve, from workshops and lecture-demonstrations to site-specific performances and open format presentations.
Film documentation: Elijah Mickelson
Sound: Hand bells by The MIT Guild of Bellringers
See also: Old North ~ Film