Artists Space in collaboration with Frieze is pleased to present Genesis: Medley, a Choral Performance by multidisciplinary artist, vocalist, and writer Shala Miller. An extension of their latest three-channel installation, Genesis, currently on view at Artists Space, the performance brings together a chorus of vocalists to tell the story of Obsidian’s becoming. Obsidian is a fictional character who serves as a kind of alter ego for the artist, created at the beginning of this year to process their rage as a black Femme person. For this project, Miller works closely with director and composer Tariq Al-Sabir to reimagine the installation’s three- part soundtrack for live audiences, cultivating a musical arrangement and choreography that uses voice and echo as primary material. Utilizing autoethnography, song, and the artist’s years long practice of creating fictional worlds, the work is a meditation on desire, mourning, pleasure, and pain.

Featuring the following vocalists: Rashad McPherson, Tyneshia Hill, Shauna Blacks, Nia Drummond, Yashua Shalom, Chauncey Matthews, Jazmin McCray, Keeara Powell, Brianna Turner, James Warren; and Samantha Feliciano on harp and vocals.

More information on the event can be found here.