QUEER|ART|PRIZE 2020 RECENT WORK FINALIST

BUSS DEMON CHOAT (2019) BY YULAN GRANT

YULAN GRANT

Yulan Grant is a New York based multi-disciplinary artist from Kingston, Jamaica. As a creative positioned between Caribbean and American culture, their work interrogates ideas of identity, notions of power, perceived histories and the entanglements that happen within these topics. Grant is interested in the role that new media plays in artistic practices and the dialogue they hope to create. Grant's recent exhibitions include Paradise Garage, MoMA PS1, The Kitchen, Bowerbird, Edel Assanti, Whitney Museum and GAMeC among others.

BUSS DEMON CHOAT (2019)

The site-specific performance installation BUSS DEMON CHOAT incorporates the sounds of dancers performing on a floor equipped with microphones, archival sound, and a live set improvised by the artist. The work investigates non-linear notions of time in the diaspora, where everything is happening simultaneously or in cycles of repetition. BUSS DEMON CHOAT explores themes of cultural anxiety and societal distrust and takes inspiration from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s remark, “I fear I may have integrated my people into a burning house.”

1 hour long performance installation originally commissioned by The Shed “Open Call 2019”

Created & executed by Yulan Grant along with

Choreographer : NIC Kay

Dancers : NIC Kay, Destiny Brundridge, Aarron Ricks

Lighting Design : Kip Davis

Stage Design : Kip Davis & Yulan Grant