Unusual Mortality Events

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The PROGRAM:

Extraordinary Mortality Events

what do we do for the dead, on behalf of, in honor of, that makes grief possible for the living?

 Whale head: JULIAN GARITA 

 Whale heart: DARKIN BROWN

 Whale tail: MERY CHEUNG 

 Whale song: JESSICA LURIE

 Fish: DAVID GUZMAN and GREG CORBINO

 The puppets in this performance are crafted of plastic trash collected from New York City waterways and beaches. 

 Special thanks to Sunder Ganglani and Savitri Durkee, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Harry Wallace, Chief of Unkechaug Indian Nation and Ginew Benton of Shinnecock Indian Nation. 

 Learn more: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-life-distress/2016-2023-humpback-whale-unusual-mortality-event-along-atlantic-coast

The Piece:

Unusual Mortality Events

Sunday, June 18th at Valentino Pier at 7pm

Greg Corbino

Unusual Mortality Events is a collective puppet poem of wonder and grief with a 16 foot Humpback Whale puppet accompanied by a chorus of singers. Inspired by the audio recordings of Humpbacks, Fin, Sei, and North Atlantic Right Whales recorded just off the coast of NYC, the singers will create songs of oceanic awe and ship strike grief playing with whale intervals, rhythm and song structure.

THE ARTISTS:

THE Festival:

The Summer Happenings Festival is A+J’s annual festival of free outdoor public performances devoted to performance art. Returning for its third iteration, this year is curated with artist Asia Stewart around the theme of Coastlines.