dArK oXyGen

dArK oXyGen is a sonic dance exploring choreographies of breath and the recent discovery of oxygen production in the deep ocean without sunlight or photosynthesis. This project is inspired by ocean cosmologies from the global south, the spiritual connection between mayfield brooks' experience as child singer of Black gospel music, and dances that rely on breath to move the body and the voice.  dArK oXyGen plays with the possibility that entering darkness is a generative process. It is an exorcism of the machines that mine our minds, the machines that disconnect us from the depths of our own psyches, and how that disconnection might be connected to the machines that mine our deep sea ocean ecosystems. Through this work we call attention to the movement to permanently ban deep sea mining. We hope that our creative work can urge deeper introspection into how to care for ocean ecosystems under threat.  The public is invited…