'Graveyards and Gardens' by Vanessa Goodman / Action at a Distance & Caroline Shaw

Graveyards and Gardens is a collaborative installation created and performed by composer Caroline Shaw and choreographer Vanessa Goodman with lighting design by James Proudfoot. Co-produced by Shaw and Goodman, this new work examines memory as a process of reconstruction rather than an exact recall of fixed events, embracing the various elaborations, distortions, and omissions. The duet frames an immersive performative environment through focusing on the body as a chamber for both sound and movement. Regeneration and deconstruction of materials, body and sound frame this performative experience. “Graveyards and Gardens” examines the overlapping themes around human, ecological and technological memories.