Berkeley Art Center - "Bodies on the Line" with Simone Bailey

Curated by RHIANNON EVANS MACFADYEN, founder of Black & White Projects, this show features three artists who place the body at the center of their practice, bringing to light the urgency, endurance, violence, and magic associated with being Black women. Through live performance and broad documentation of past performances — including video recordings, photographs, and objects — the exhibition explores radically different approaches to understanding issues of performativity related to gender, race, and queerness.

During the opening reception, SIMONE BAILEY presented a live version of Sway, Clench, Release (Requiem No. 415) featuring MIA PIXLEY. This performance was created to reflect upon the impulses of past black in-migration to the Bay Area and the current displacement-fueled out-migration, which is part of a larger movement back to the South called the New Great Migration. Taken from https://www.berkeleyartcenter.org/bodies-on-the-line