Performed Encounter: Playing the Interview Columbia University May 5 and May 12, 5pm-8pm 509 Knox Hall - 606 W. 122nd St., New York, NY 10027 - View Map Instructors: Nicki Pombier Berger & Liza Zapol This hands-on workshop explores the many possibilities at the intersection of theater and oral history, looking...
Join me at the Whitney Museum for a memory mapping experiment as we celebrate the Whitney's first anniversary in the Meatpacking District and Jane Jacobs' 100th birthday. ...
New Additions to the GVSHP Archive [Video of this event here] Monday, November 2 6:30 – 8:00 P.M.. Sixth Street Community Center 638 East 6th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C In 2014, GVSHP began an ongoing series of interviews with cultural pioneers and community leaders in the South and East...
Image by Jennifer Wen Ma, Embodied Mapping Workshop, April 18, 2015. This residency was focused on the site of Pier 42, in the Lower East Side. A team of artists explored the notion of Embodied Mapping, using multi-disciplinary scores, practices, prompts and exercises. This mapping process was personal and...
I was an oral historian for the Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Project (CBBG) started by Sady Sullivan at Brooklyn Historical Society from 2012-2014. The project was featured on the cover of the Arts Section of the New York Times. For an example of the work of CBBG, You can listen to...
My thoughts about the National September 11 Memorial and Museum were noted in this article in Tablet Magazine. Read the whole paper quoted by writer Julia Bosson here: "The Museum as Ventriloquist: The Use of Oral History at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum." The paper was included...
American Theatre Magazine features my work with Julie Kline and the seniors of Lenox Hill Neighborhood House at Saint Peter's Church. Julie and I were artists in residence for two years, in which we created performance featuring the seniors using oral history, storytelling, choral choreography, and recorded...
Whitney Stories features my research in the Meatpacking District for the Whitney Museum, and a film I produced about artist Tom Otterness. Check it out by clicking here!...
My Art Cart graduate students conducted oral histories of a older artists in New York City. I produced and oversaw this audio compilation for the exhibition at Stovall Gallery, Kimmel Center, New York University Opening September 5- October 20, 2013 Research Center for Arts & Culture ART CART is an intergenerational arts...
The Brooklyn Rail discusses my work with Julie Kline: creating an expressive, oral history approach to theater with seniors. The Theater of Aging: Lighting a SPARC, by Larissa Lury ...