Pangea Project
pan·gea: (n) land area believed to have once connected nearly all of the earth's landmasses together
The current migrant crisis is said to be one of the largest since World War II. With the Pangea project, we intend to add to the ongoing dialogue through personal narrative, journey, change, loss, globalization, economics, and the real and imagined concepts of the present Pangea. I collaborated on this project with my friends and theater artists Melissa Flower Gladney and Lisa Wartenberg.
Pangea is about the great tradition that reverberates throughout all of human history - the story of journey. We explore the lives of immigrant women from 4 continents and different socioeconomic backgrounds living in Houston - the moving stories of why they came, how they made their way here and how they adapted to their new homeland - through interviews and photographs. We believe that we need more than just statistics to carry our stories, we need bodies, images, and human expression to capture the things pure information cannot.
The interviews are broadcast as a podcast, with soundscapes by Melissa and Garrick. The final installation included these photographs, sound projections and a continuous performance piece created by Melissa and Lisa, and performed by over 30 performers. The performance continued whenever the gallery was open. The video below is a short clip.
