artmuseRx

DeVo is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, director/choreographer, dramaturg, and curator whose work spans theatre, dance, film, and new media - centering care, collaboration, and sociopolitical inquiry.

By DeVo

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artmuseRx

artmuseRx

artmuseRx

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Primal #erotica

The Storm After The Calm: workshop all week, three shows, and an artist residency meeting. Also my team FRANCE plays twice this week for the World Cup. I just have to try and remember these deadlines! ⚜️

I found more art from the archives of me with the red hanky

FROM THE ARCHIVES Red Hanky (Redux) + Red Hanky 3 #erotica

No rejections this week! No acceptances either. BUT I did get a handful of new followers on here! Hi! Welcome! AND I performed in a sold-out show which reminded me of how much I do love performing. Also had some great rehearsals for a thang next week that’s going to be amazing.

WRAPPED! I thought I was going to be relieved in a bad way but as it turns out I’m relieved in a good way. I don’t perform very much - and when I do I have insane stage fright and tremendous anxiety about what my BLACK QUEER BODY means to the audience without me ever saying or doing anything.

I love that durational performance is having a moment in museum and galleries (though I’m convinced we really need to reinvent Cabaret and Salon spaces right now). I am a huge proponent of call and response because it’s such a natural part of my culture but in most PWIs there is an overreaching requirement to be quiet and polite when wit…

“Being Black is a creative act. You have to create your world every single day because the world wasn’t built for you. That makes us the ultimate architects.” - André 3000

Dramaturgy is one of the safest spaces for me. I’ve lived within the world of new work for most of my career and I have a passion for supporting artists during the development phase. I love to teach just as much as I love to learn, so the research aspect gives me an opportunity to prove my expertise without the typical obligatory way tha…

BOOKMARK THIS: As someone who regularly runs into the burning building that is THE CULTURAL SECTOR - this comprehensive examination spoke loudly to me and serves as a compelling framework for inciting better working conditions for everyone. I am still pondering a recent workshop “Surviving PWIS” in which we all had horror stories and har…