ONE AND MANY | 2002-3

A collaborative sound and video project commissioned by The Creative Center: Arts for People with Cancer

Co-Directors: Melissa Dubbin & Molly Jane Sturges
Collaborating Artist: Myra Melford

The Creative Center Performance Collective:
Adrienne Jaret, Heide Steinebach, Virginia Arnold, Amy Cohen, Marion Kesten, Maria Logis, Louise Ng, Clarice Mark, Lily Dubner, Judie Swanson, Paula Goldfader, Pearl Griffith-Eccles, Monita Boesewetter

One and Many was an exploration in performance, sound, and imagery made by a collective of 13 women who came together through their shared experience of living with cancer. This exploration arose as an extension of this group's earlier performance and installation work with CROSSINGS (2001), a performance project based in expression through movement, sculpture, sound, and text. One and Many began as a way to transform the images that were already being created through the viewpoint of the camera. The participants commitment to this shared artistic practice, and willingness to challenge themselves within new forms of expression was an inspiring approach to how an individual chooses to live during a time of crisis.

One and Many was a meditation on the dynamic interplay between individual and group. The piece explored expressions of part and whole. The role of the individual fluctuated between the internal, inner world, and the external, public space. This manifestation of their visual vocabulary, combined with a unifying soundtrack created from improvisational structures, explores the role of memory in the artistic imagination while fusing humor, irony and an inner experience.

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