Sweat Variant - Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born

The adaku trilogy is a speculative mythology about how one family in precolonial West Africa becomes entangled in the transatlantic slave trade. adaku, part 2 sets us in the U.S. in the near future, where we excavate the consequences of erasure when events lead to sudden remembering of this history. What is unleashed in the imagination of a young woman who's been led to believe she has no history worth remembering? What are the multitude of futures she can now imagine? Using text, sound, song, movement, and spatial design, adaku, part 2 invokes cycles of ritual and repair.

Caretakers of Land/Land Acknowledgement: The Munsee Lenape and Canarsie Peoples

Estimated Artist Fee: The projected touring expenses are $30,000 for a single performance, and $38,000 for a weekly residency. These fees include travel and per diem. Presenters are responsible for providing accommodation for 8 people, local transportation, and freight costs.