Presented By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design
“The Water Remembers” Performance by The Sister Tour
Join us for a final event to
celebrate the powerful work of MacArthur Genius Awardee LaToya Ruby Frazier, who
collaborated with artists and activists Shea Cobb, Amber Hasan and their
families documenting, from 2016 - 2021, how they coped with one of the most
devastating man-made ecological crises in the US, the Flint Water Crisis.
“The Water
Remembers” is a performance by Flint-based artist collective, The Sister Tour.
This special event is a performative ethnographic experience that reframes and
illuminates the spiritual and physical connections (and at times complicated
relationships) between Black Women and Water. The event will feature a "The
Water Remembers" performance followed by a post-performance conversation with
the performers and a reception with light refreshments.Amber Hasan of The Sister Tour writes ‘For Black women water has often served as a reminder of how blessed we
are. Regardless of religious affiliation, we have a sacred relationship
with the waters of the world and have always worked to live in concert with
water, protecting it when necessary, and at other times using the water as a refuge. It is a complex bond, the water has been a saving grace and at
other times it has been used as the munitions of tyrants who mean to bring us
harm.”
The Water Remembers performance by The Sister Tour will be performed by: Shea Cobb aka
Phiresis, Zion Brown, Amber Hasan, Os’Zaria Terry-Dye, London Spearman,
Ashlynn Spearman, Niecole Middleton aka Big Juicy, Oliser Terry-Dye, and DeShano
Demps Jr.
The Sister Tour is a community organization of artists from Flint, Michigan, who present a mix of spoken word, comedy, and music as an expression of resilience to the ongoing water crisis. Activists Shea Cobb and Amber Hasan are featured in LaToya Ruby Frazier’s photographic series, Flint is Family In Three Acts. The Sister Tour has performed across the country including SF MOMA, Flint Institute of Arts, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI.
Please contact Jennifer
Junkermeier-Khan at jenjkhan@umich.edu for more information.
celebrate the powerful work of MacArthur Genius Awardee LaToya Ruby Frazier, who
collaborated with artists and activists Shea Cobb, Amber Hasan and their
families documenting, from 2016 - 2021, how they coped with one of the most
devastating man-made ecological crises in the US, the Flint Water Crisis.
“The Water
Remembers” is a performance by Flint-based artist collective, The Sister Tour.
This special event is a performative ethnographic experience that reframes and
illuminates the spiritual and physical connections (and at times complicated
relationships) between Black Women and Water. The event will feature a "The
Water Remembers" performance followed by a post-performance conversation with
the performers and a reception with light refreshments.Amber Hasan of The Sister Tour writes ‘For Black women water has often served as a reminder of how blessed we
are. Regardless of religious affiliation, we have a sacred relationship
with the waters of the world and have always worked to live in concert with
water, protecting it when necessary, and at other times using the water as a refuge. It is a complex bond, the water has been a saving grace and at
other times it has been used as the munitions of tyrants who mean to bring us
harm.”
The Water Remembers performance by The Sister Tour will be performed by: Shea Cobb aka
Phiresis, Zion Brown, Amber Hasan, Os’Zaria Terry-Dye, London Spearman,
Ashlynn Spearman, Niecole Middleton aka Big Juicy, Oliser Terry-Dye, and DeShano
Demps Jr.
The Sister Tour is a community organization of artists from Flint, Michigan, who present a mix of spoken word, comedy, and music as an expression of resilience to the ongoing water crisis. Activists Shea Cobb and Amber Hasan are featured in LaToya Ruby Frazier’s photographic series, Flint is Family In Three Acts. The Sister Tour has performed across the country including SF MOMA, Flint Institute of Arts, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI.
Please contact Jennifer
Junkermeier-Khan at jenjkhan@umich.edu for more information.
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