ARC Member Monica Brown Performs at Rhinofest

ARC member Monica Brown  performs her one-woman show Branch and Bough this weekend at Chicago's Rhinofest.  Brown, a multidisciplinary artist, describes her work as an investigation into the origins and formation of human identity.

Much of my work tends to be about origins in one form or another, and I am concerned with the stories that we choose to tell ourselves about these origins. These stories of our personal history which live in our bodies, the stories of our ancestry which we carry in our DNA, and/or the stories about our human genesis (unless we are aware of their subconscious influence) can dictate and shape the way in which we view the world, and our place within it. Our identity can be shaped by the subsequent labels we choose. I have been tracing my way back through my matrilineage, with an inquiry into discovering that which is gained and/or lost through generations of women, passed down from mother to daughter through genetic memory, bloodlines and dreamscapes. Through re/dis/covering their stories, I am reshaping my own. This investigation manifests through poetry, prose, sound compilations, performance, and visual art.

Please see Chicago's Rhinofest site for ticket information.  
Branch and Bough

Performance dates include:

2 p.m. Sunday, January 27
7 p.m. Monday, January 28