BATHTUB IS A MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION EVENT OF RADICAL INTIMACY AND SURRENDER BY INVITING AN AUDIENCE TO EXPERIENCE A BATH WITH A BLACK WOMAN. TANISHA CHRISTIE IS A 2017 MAP FUND GRANTEE FOR THIS PROJECT.
THERE ARE FEW SPACES AS PRIVATE AS THE BATH. IT IS HERE I HAVE PONDERED THE COMPLEXITY OF MY EMOTIONS, MY FEMININITY, MY SORROW AND BLACKNESS UNMEDIATED BY OTHERS. IT IS THE PLACE WHERE I BECOME INTIMATE WITH MY RAGE AND ANGUISH. IT IS HERE THAT I REPLENISH AND REFUEL. WITH THIS WORK, I AM INVITING OTHERS INTO THIS SPACE AND INTO A CONVERSATION OF VULNERABILITY. I’M CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW OTHERS ARE FEELING AND BEING IN LIGHT CURRENT EVENTS - BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO EXPERIENCE OURSELVES AND OTHERS UNMEDIATED? IS SKIN-COLOR A BARRIER TO COMPASSION? CAN WE RESPECT EACH OTHER’S SORROW? IS THE EXPRESSION OF GRIEF ONLY OF VALUE IN A CONSENSUS OF OPINION? OR IS IT ONLY TO BE CONSUMED? HAVE WE COLLECTIVELY MOURNED OUR INABILITY TO BE HUMANE TO ONE ANOTHER? #THESKINIMIN
