"(1) What should be the frame?"

In collaboration with movement artists Kendall Ramirez and Faith Fidgeon, the performance of "Iteration 2" lasted two hours; every 15 minutes the choreography would loop, which is when I would switch to a different writing topic. How is my perception of the choreography in loop N influenced by my memories of loops 1, 2, ..., N-1? How is my current worldview shaped by my previous loops around the sun? This research created the conditions for my deep dive into mnemonics. But it was a delicate mixture of shared grief, graduation overwhelm, and the excitement of budding friendships that created the conditions for this initial research. Trained exclusively in math and science, I never would have thought to find myself involved in such a project. What are the conditions for divergent thought? 

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"Iteration 2" was performed in April 2022 at the Univ. of North Carolina School for the Arts. In "Iteration 3" my role was dramaturg. Here, we tied in threads related to emotional distancing and the absurd things we do while in grief.  "Iteration 3" was performed in April 2023 at the Windmill Arts Center in Atlanta.