OVERFLOW RADIO: Šakotayišol Nunuš Constellation

Celebrated for her large-scale social choreographies, Emily Johnson / Catalyst’s newest project, Overflow Radio is a performance, skill-share, planting of 1000 trees, and radio transmission from across territories.

In conjunction with the world premiere of Overflow Radio in Mni Sóta Makoce (Minneapolis), DiverseWorks hosts an Overflow Radio: Šakotayišol Nunuš Constellation here in Houston. Over 24 non-consecutive hours, we will gather in-person to listen to twelve First Nations and Indigenous authors, poets, and scholars live-broadcasting from their home territories and First Nations. We’ll pay attention to other scales, other forms, other knowledges. We’ll traverse together, transcending colonial borders, languages and time. We’ll feast and celebrate the making of community, as we practice our shared commitment to creating our possible futures, as we gather what we need to know.

The program is developed in collaboration with Emily Johnson and local Indigenous and Native artists to include talks, skill-shares, listening gatherings, an exhibition, and performances by Aveda Adara, Chiara Beaumont, ChiChi, Karen Navarro, Aryn Ward and Monica Villarreal, with additional participating artists and community partners to be announced.

The project is co-organized by DiverseWorks, Emily Johnson / Catalyst and the participating artists and partners.

Programs (please check back for updated information)
DW Art + Climate CONVERSATIONS: Emily Johnson, 6:30 pm July 29
Opening Event and Reception: 5 – 8 pm, October 3
Listening Gatherings: 12noon – 6 pm (specific hours TBD), October 9-12
Diverse Discourse Lecture & Studio Visits: Mary Bourdeaux: October 16-19 / Lecture 6 pm, Oct. 17
Closing Event: TBD, October 24

Acknowledgements
Overflow Radio is a National Performance Network Creation & Development Fund Project commissioned by Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater (REDCAT) and co-commissioned DiverseWorks, MASS MoCA and University of Minnesota Department of Theatre Arts & Dance, more information at www.npnweb.org.

Overflow Radio is developed through creative residencies provided by MASS MoCA, John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater, University of Minnesota’s Imagine Fund with support from the McKnight Foundation, and Danspace Project with support from the New York State DanceForce, a partnership program of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Overflow Radio is created with generous support from First Peoples Fund, Howard Gilman Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, and the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation.

Emily Johnson / Catalyst is fiscally sponsored by Producer Hub.

Image: Emily Johnson / Catalyst, Quilt Being Star, worn by Ty Fierce Matteba, photo by Two Hawks Young.