the UN-[TITLED] project

Presenting Co-commissioners: On The Boards (Seattle), March 2023 & BRIC (New York) 2024/25

Photo © Berette Macaulay, Design by Gabriel Laemmle, logo design Stephen “Bishop” Christian

ALT TEXT: Two blurred figures moving down and across a grass covered hill, with open blue sky at the horizon line. Lower part of image is an earth brown strip with the project name embossed on it.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

UN-[TITLED] is an immersive, multisite-specific project that centers on the ways in which communities are displaced by gentrification. Guests are guided through a series of engagements and reckonings with community meaning, cultural memory, and healing in the Central and Chinatown International Districts of Seattle.

The UN-[TITLED] Project took place at multiple locations in different neighborhoods. Shuttles were provided between locations, departing from the Nova High School parking lot at 6:45pm (for 7pm shows) and 1:45pm (for 2pm shows).

Six Performances - March 23rd - 26th, 2023

Each performance lasted approximately two hours.

UN-[TITLED] Peoples: Family Tree

Curatorial

Project Conceived, Organized and Curated by Berette S Macaulay. Co-commissioned by presenting organizations On the Boards (Seattle) & BRIC Arts Media (Brooklyn, New York).

Creative Collaborators

  • Benjamin Hunter (Seattle) | Composer, Musician

  • Margaret Knight, AIA (Seattle) | Architect, Map Design Artist, Spatial Thought-partner

  • Nia-Amina Minor (Seattle) | Movement Direction

  • Tom Pearson (Third Rail Projects, New York) | Theater Artist, Choreographic Collaborator, Development Thought-partner

  • Kamari Bright (Seattle) | Poet

  • Laurie Allison Wilson, AIA (Seattle) | Architect, Spatial Thought-partner

Performers* and Performance Development

  • Justin Lynch* (Third Rail Projects, New York) | Performer

  • Akoiya Harris* (Seattle) | Performer

  • marco farroni leonardo* (Seattle) | Performer

  • Katrina Reid (Third Rail Projects, New York)

  • Rebekah Morin (Third Rail Projects, New York)

  • Roxanne Kidd (Third Rail Projects, New York)

Community Partners

  • Stephanie Johnson-Toliver (Black Heritage Society of WA State)

  • Cynthia Brothers (Vanishing Seattle)

  • Tara Tamaribuchi (Friends of Inscape & Inscape Arts)

  • Elisheba Johnson, Inye Wokoma, and Soulma Ayers (Wa Na Wari Seattle)

  • Teme Wokoma (Sankofa Theater)

  • Jazmyn Scott (Arte Noir)

VISIT the main home of UN-[TITLED] for more project activations, archives, oral histories, poetry, and music.

Follow us at @untitledpeoples on Instagram for ongoing updates.

VISIT the main home of UN-[TITLED] for more project activations, archives, oral histories, poetry, and music.

Follow us at @untitledpeoples on Instagram for ongoing updates.

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Project Geography/Site Activations

  • INSCAPE Arts Building (International District)

  • Wa Na Wari – The Peoples House (Central District)

Community Organizations and Partners

  • Black Heritage Society of WA State | Archive and Research Partner

  • Inscape and Friends of Inscape | Site and Community Partner

  • Wa Na Wari | Site Partner

  • Vanishing Seattle | Research Partner

  • Sankofa Theatre | Site and Community Partner

  • Arte Noir | Community Partner

  • Bric Arts Media | Co-Comissioner (Brooklyn, NY)

  • On the Boards | Co-Commissioner (Seattle, WA)

  • Jack Straw Cultural Center | Recording Studio for The UN-[TITLED] Project

  • Third Rail Projects | Production and Admin Support for Tom Pearson

  • i•ma•gine | e•volve | Admin Support for Berette S Macaulay

PROJECT ATTRIBUTION

COMMISSION & FUNDING


UN-[TITLED] is a multisite socially engaged project conceived and organized by commissioning curator Berette S Macaulay. UN-[TITLED] is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned and presented by On the Boards (Seattle) in partnership with BRIC (New York). The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Audio recordings and production made possible through the Artist Residency Programs at Jack Straw Cultural Center.

UN-[TITLED] is also supported by fiscal sponsorship with Northwest Film Forum, and administratively by i•ma•gine | e•volve & Third Rail Projects.

UN-[TITLED] is a project of i.ma.gine | e.volve®

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