WEAPON

WEAPON is a title I’m working under for this next solo. It reminds me of the life cycle of an object, an instrument, perhaps itself a work of art, perhaps an epithet for the shadow of consciousness, for a being: it’s forging, it’s refinement, it’s employment in an act of transference; across space and time, between persons, between generations. The material of the work is rendered as an environment within which I endeavor to discover a dance.

Premier: June 7, 8, 9 2013 @ CounterPULSE, SF

Robert Avila of the SF Bay Guardian writes:

Morrison. .. eschews narrative altogether, in terms that imply a reluctance to imbue dance with the limiting horizon such narrative tropes can form.

“There seems to be a proliferation of works that are, or seek to be, ‘about’ something,” notes Morrison. “Perhaps [that’s] a byproduct of the grant writing process.”

Morrison says he finds this problematic, since “it forces artists to contrive a narrative, often steeped in cliché.” More often than not, this means for Morrison familiar platitudes around identity and politics.

“Work,” he contends, “becomes overtly a narrative about self, about the performers, about the economy, for example; at times, [this means] ignoring the phenomenological, the abstract, or that which cannot otherwise be described, only experienced.”

Reviews:

Speculations on Spectatorship by Irene Hsiao

Morrison gave a performance that was at times astonishing in the absolute silence of a body in extreme control of every joint and muscle fiber, and at times plagued with the question of what constitutes theatricality — from the thick false lashes and burgundy hair extensions he wore to the props he hauled onstage. [read more]