Stones to Rainbows/Gay to Queer Lives is an installation and performance project developed from the intergenerational and cross-sectional dialogue among Boston area LGBTQ+ lives. Through workshops, facilitated interviews and archival research, community members and professional artists bring multi-media art forms together on a roving physical installation that also acts as a frame and backdrop for live dance, music, spoken word.
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It hit me during a rehearsal with two younger artists: they knew the AIDS crisis from reading about in history books - or more likely, online. They asked me what it was really like. I asked them about their free use of the word queer. And a conversation across generations began...
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Traversing The Spectrum |
Performing Humanity |
Through present-day interviews, archival research and creative workshops, Stones to Rainbows introduces past to present, connects older to younger, and builds a bridge between what was gay and what is now queer.
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Within the cradle of our "Queerhenge" (free standing doors-cum-canvases collaged with multimedia archives), the history and the present of LGBTQ+ lives are animated with a series of cabaret-style performances of dance, music, spoken word and more, performed by professional artists and community participants alike.
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Stones to Rainbows/Gay to Queer Lives is a project of Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion.
To learn more about our performance work, please visit www.publicdisplaysofmotion.com. To support Stones to Rainbows/Gay to Queer Lives, follow our journey on social media or consider making a tax deductible gift via our fiscal sponsor, The Dance Complex. |