The Geneva Project  began with photographs found in the Library of Congress of the performer’s great-aunt, Geneva Varner Clark, and her family on their farm in Depression-era South Carolina. The photographs, taken by New Deal era photographer Marion Post Wolcott listed captions such as “negro”, “mixed race” and “Indian,” provide more than simply a visual backdrop, inspiring an emotional and visceral conjuring of the ghosts of our shared social past. This dark, poetic piece questions what is revealed and what remains hidden by bringing light to that which was once buried. (Jack.org)

Choreography and Performance by Jennifer Harrison Newman. 

Directed by Charlotte Brathwaite

Collaborators: Tuçe Yasak (lighting design), Abigail DeVille (installation artist), Paul Lieber (projection design), Justin Hicks (sound design)

Installation and performance held May 19 - 21 2016 at JACK and  April 28-29 2017 at BAAD! 

https://www.tdf.org/shows/14807/The-Geneva-Project-Jennifer-Harrison-Newman

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/jun/15/baad-brings-out-good/