Evento

Magdalena

May 25 and 26 at 3pm

Magdalena is an intimate multimedia solo work by the award-winning filmmaker and a Guggenheim Fellow Gabri Christa. Utilizing storytelling, visuals, and dance, the artist reveals a deeply personal account of experiencing her Dutch mothers dementia, and an effort to piece together her past, marked by struggles with war, interracial marriage and unconventional motherhood. Christa, whose work has been hailed as stunning multimedia dream by The New York Times, received rave reviews for this piece. See; http://gabrichrista.com/magdalena.html

The piece will be presented as part of
Parent Portraits

May 11, 2019 June 8, 2019

At Westbeth Gallery, 57 Bethune Street, NY, NY 10014

Opening reception, Saturday, May 11, 2019, 4-8 PM

Closing reception, Saturday, June 8, 2019, 5-7 PM

Programs every Saturday afternoon, 3-5 PM.

Special curators tour, Sunday May 12 (Mother's Day), 3PM

Gallery hours: Wednesday Sunday 1-6 PM, or by appointment.

Parent Portraits, curated by artists Robert Bunkin and Jenny Tango, an exhibition of artists representations of their parents, offering paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and embroidery by 50 contemporary international artists.

MAGDALENA
The titular character Josephina Magdalena Aleida de Jong lived a remarkable life. Born in Holland to a modest Dutch family, she survived the severe bombing of her hometown of Rotterdam during World War II and lived to meet a handsome middle-class Black man from the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao who had become her husband. When Magdalenas memories started to fade, her daughter, Gabri Christa, took on the task of rebuilding her mothers life through stories, dance, and images. The resulting 60-minute multimedia piece is part family album, part story of love and race, but above all, a reckoning with the harrowing consequences of a devastating illness that affects an increasing percentage of the worlds population.

Written/Choreographed/Performed by Gabri Christa
Director: Erwin Maas
Design & Dramaturgy: Guy de Lancey
Photo credit: Maria Baranova
To book: Magdalena for performance and community engagement/workshop, please contact Gabri Christa