Baraka de Soleil/ D UNDERBELLY
Chicago, Illinois, United States
award-winning performance artist/creative practitioner crafting spaces for hard & complex conversations on race, body and culture...
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(22, 20, 16); "><p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><i>D UNDERBELLY derives its name from the ‘underbelly’ of a slave ship; excavating the energy that surfaces from the depths of our intercultural experiences.</i></font></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>D UNDERBELLY </b>emerged circa 1996, first in Minneapolis, as a performative forum for exploring the multi-layered dimensions of culture as it relates to societal notions of "blackness" and vehicle for the development of Baraka de Soleil's creative & curatorial endeavors. Invested in interdisciplinary experimentation of live art forms and communal exchange, <b>D UNDERBELLY</b> rigorously explores the ever-fluid relationship between music and movement; weaving text, multimedia elements and environmental configurations. Moving onto Brooklyn, Ny and finding connections in Chicago, Austin, California and internationally, this network continues to evolve; embracing & interrelating with Latin, Asian and Native/Indigenous traditions and forms. This work is rooted in the theatrical jazz aesthetic carried forward by theater artist & collaborator Sharon Bridgforth, Dr Omi Osun Joni L. Jones along with other acclaimed artists including Laurie Carlos, Helga Davis, Daniel Alexander Jones, Keith Antar Mason, Djola Bernard Branner and Marlies Yearby.</font></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><div style="text-align: justify; "></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(22, 20, 16); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); "><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(22, 20, 16); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); "><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">As it evolves, <b>D UNDERBELLY</b> seeks to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> craft & activate communal spaces for complex conversations on race, body, culture and diversified aesthetics;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> acting as a catalyst for shifting perceptions; demystifying racism and recognizing the underlying contributions indigenous people from the Latin, Asia, Native and African diaspora have made to this new world culture. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div></span></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">currently at the core of the network:<br></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(22, 20, 16); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); "><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>Francine Sheffield</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>Sunder Ashni</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>Sharon Bridgforth</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>Awilda Rodriguez-Lora</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>Baraka de Soleil</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">PROJECTS include:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Out of Africa & Beyond</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Un-slave diaries</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Basking in Negritude</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Vive La Intersections</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Revolutionary Acts</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Non Je Regrette Rien</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Receding 'emories</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Koool-aid Luv Odyssey</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">N This Hous</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">First Dark Drama</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Childr'n of "O"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">S'Kin Deep</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Agua/Tierra</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">CURATORIAL:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Studies N Black</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Live Deep N Flow</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Intersections: Embracing the Spirit</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Black Out!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Currently in development:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Water Moves the Soul</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">UN- rendered</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Re-Frame: A Gathering</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">77...Back to the Land</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">artists within the network of D UNDERBELLY - who have been a part of a project's development:</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Jada Odom</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Christal N. Brown</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Chanon Judson</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Daniel Givens</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">André Austvoll</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Manelich Minnifee</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Geoff Albores</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Pene McCourty</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Margaret Morris</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Usry Alleyne</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Leann Johnson</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Rachel Bernsen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Sonja Parks</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Laurie Carlos</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Rafael Sanchez</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Nikki Patin</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Akil Davis</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Joe Wilson</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Chevon Stewart</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Aole T. Miller</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Gesel Mason</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Mameri Blue'</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Valerie McCleod-Katz</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Nicole Mitchell</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Bernard Brown</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Stefania Strowder</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Yaa Asantewaa</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Reza Salazar</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Ronnell Wheeler</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">...</span></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Rooted Legacies</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">(the evolving new thought for <b>D UNDERBELLY </b>2011 - )</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>the body speaks</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>the voice moves</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>rooted in legacies sometimes only the soul knows</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>signifying where we have come from and who we are</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i><br></i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>Who are we?</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i><br></i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>For now</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>We are architects of history</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>invoking indelible rites of passages</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>We are builders of spiritual houses reigned supreme by multiple ancestral energies</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>We are Love not just its vessel</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>the calm empty</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>We are re-imagining life as it is</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>and as it should be</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>We are falling and rising</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>We are deconstructing</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>the inside pulse of memory</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>We are possibilities unifying</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i><br></i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>These are our roots</i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i><br></i></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i>Go deep</i></font></p><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i><br></i></font></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(22, 20, 16); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(205, 205, 205); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); "><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i><b><br></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b>LIQUID LEGACIES</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">(from 1996 - 2010 D UNDERBELLY's projects were informed by this notion)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>the passing on of traditions through the body</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>the passing down of ancestral memories</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>the body becomes the container for this information</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>the body fills with the pain of slavery, the passion of love,</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>the struggles of the human spirit, the labor of identity</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>this passing on is liquid, thick, porous,</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>moving into the core of our muscles</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>utterly still and yet cascading over our hearts into the depths of our being</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>resounding in our inner ear made vocal through outer words</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>igniting our souls with legacies we know</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>legacies we don't want to know</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>legacies we take on</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>D UNDERBELLY is an urban rite of RE-remembering:</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i><br></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>a rite of embodying the dignity of a people</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>the memory of a nation</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>like song it propels us into states of ecstasy and fear</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>empowering us to truly bask</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>in the multiplicity of colors, emotions and</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>expressions</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>that have permeated our culture</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>these legacies are liquid because they continue</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>to flow through us</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>around us</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>up and down our spine</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>titillating our minds with thoughts of</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><i>FREEDOM!</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">http://dunderbelly.com</span></div></span></span>
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