Performance Artist Okwui Okpokwasili Creates Raw Intimate Experiences BK Made

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In this BK Made/ WNYC's Making It in NYC collaborative episode, Okwui a multidisciplinary artist who makes work that's at the intersection of theater, dance and instillation, discusses her artistic process and how her art involves connects and intersects with her ability to make a living. We see some visually stunning excerpts of much of her exciting work! • About the artist: • Okwui Okpokwasili is a New York-based writer, performer and choreographer. In partnership with collaborator Peter Born, Okpokwasili creates multidisciplinary projects that are raw, intimate experiences. • Their first New York production, Pent-Up: A Revenge Dance premiered at Performance Space 122 and received a 2010 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Production; an immersive installation version was featured in the 2008 Prelude Festival. Their second collaboration, Bronx Gothic, won a 2014 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Production and continues to tour nationally and internationally. • In June of 2014, they presented an installation version entitled Bronx Gothic: The Oval as part of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s River to River Festival. Their current project in development is Poor People’s TV Room, an early iteration of which was presented by Lincoln Center in the David Rubinstein Atrium in June 2014. • -- • This video is from BRIC TV— the first 24/7 television channel created by, for, and about Brooklyn. It is the borough's source for local news, Brooklyn culture, civic affairs, music, arts, sports, and technology. BRIC TV features programming produced and curated by BRIC, an arts and media nonprofit located in Downtown Brooklyn, NYC. • Watch more Brooklyn-centric content from BRIC TV: • BK Live: http://BRIC.me/u/youtube/bklive • Straight Up: http://BRIC.me/u/youtube/straightup • BHeard: http://BRIC.me/u/youtube/bheard • B-Side: http://BRIC.me/u/youtube/bside • Check out more from BRIC: • / bricartsmedia • Connect with us: • / brictv • / brictv • / brictv • http://BRICartsmedia.org/BRICTV • #BrooklynMade • #documentary • #BrooklynMade • #documentary

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