Moving Body - Moving Image
is an evolving biennale initiative, founded by Gabri Christa in 2018, that gives voice to social justice and equity issues, through the Moving Body on Screen and in the digital world.

Photo Credit: Films du Léopard

Moving Body-Moving Image MOVES with the times, ever evolving. This year we are not producing a festival, but hosting the Digital Black Dance Ecologies Laboratory, an initiative from Dr. Tia -Monique Uzor. The invitation only Laboratory will take place from October 11-13, 2024 at the Barnard College Movement Lab. 

The Laboratory will be an intimate space consisting of black artist-researchers and academics who will bring insight and expertise to explore the theme of Fugitivity in relation to environmental and social injustice through embodied epistemologies. Over three days Lab participants will engage in a series of technical playground investigations, round-table discussions, and workshops/sessions led by the group. Laboratory Participant Scholars and Artists: Gabri Christa, Jonathan Gonzalez, Jazlynn Goudy, Cara Hagan, Alexandrina Yewande Helmsley, Valencia James, Antoine Marc, Thomas Presto, Makeda Thomas, Tia-Monique Uzor, and André Zachary.

In addition to the Laboratory, Moving Body-Moving Image will curate a two week long public installation from 3:00-6:00pm daily on October 7 - 10 and October 14 - 18 at the Movement Lab with works by DBDE artists/scholars.

On Friday October 11 at 6pm,  there will be an additional public screening of specially selected films around the black body and environmental justice and the black / brown body relating to ancestry and history. The Screening with feature: Kankantri by Gabri Christa (Suriname / USA), Terra Mater by Kantarama Gahigiri (Rwanda / Switzerland), and The Noise My Leaves Make by Tia-Monique Uzor (UK).

Reservations for Installations and Screening required due to the current Barnard College restrictions. 

A person wearing a denim jacket sits on the subway with their eyes closed holding the handle of a cane. Image from "Vision Portraits."
Two people, shirtless and visible from the chest up, hold each other in low light. Image from "Gimp Gait."
A person lies on their stomach, bracing themselves with their arms bent as their eyes look forward. They are only visible from above the upper torso, and they are wearing a racerback tank top and a wristband. Image from "Eudaimonia."
An outline of a person’s upper body with their hands in front of them as they sit down, created through overlays of photographic chemical treatment outlines. Image from "Infusion No. 1"
A group of people wearing green each use one hand to pull the collar of their shirt towards their shoulder. They are grouped together, some sitting on blocks, others standing, and others in wheelchairs. Two neon green lights on stands sit in the back
A black-lined grid overlays an image of Alice and Laurel outstretched in full horizontal flight. Alice, a multiracial Black woman with short curly hair and coffee-colored skin, and Laurel, a pale white woman with short cropped brown hair, twist and c
Three people tilt to the right, looking up with one arm raised, and the other towards the ground. They are in an empty concrete lot with a bright sky behind them. Two of the people are in wheelchairs, the other one is kneeling with one leg stretched
A person wearing glasses and a cardigan over a floral shirt looks down at a book and gestures with their hands, palms facing towards their body and fingers separated. Image from "Reading Through the Body"
A propped up paper photograph with a figure cut out and placed slightly in front of the original photo. The background of the photo contains a person on the left in a lunge, and a person on the right leaning forward in a wheelchair in a dance studio
A person wearing a sweater with one hand against their neck and the other in a gesture with a closed hand. A curtain with branches, foliage, and birds is behind them. The image is split horizontally across the middle, and doubled. Image from "From Me
Two people hold hands in a counterbalance in a dim concrete space with three colorful murals on the back wall. The person on the left has long hair and is wearing a colorful outfit that matches the mural behind the pair. They are leaning backwards an
A line of figures with fists raised in triumphant positions. They positioned in pairs, wearing black outfits with colorful capes, belts, and gloves. One of the figures is in a wheelchair, the rest are standing. Image from "How to Train an Antihero"
A pale inner forearm cuts diagonally across the image with the hand folded backwards, braced against the black background. Image from "Exit Strategy #2"
A collage of digital images featuring a blue 3D modeled standing body with colorful lines and points on it, diagrams of hands, and x-rays. The text 我們可以互相關懷的地方 is written across the top, and “Where we found care.” is written across the bottom. Image
A person lays across a wooden deck path on their stomach, propped up on their hand and arm. They are wearing a long-sleeve shirt and pants, and are surrounded by small flowers and bushes in a field sparsely populated with trees. Image from "Uath Loch
A person wearing a pink hoodie and pink boxing gloves stands with their hands raised in front of their body and their eyes closed. The hoodie has colorful textural embroidery on it, including orange polka-dots and a red cartoon cyclops octopus with a
Two people are crouched facing opposite directions with the backs of their hands touching and moving towards the forehead of the person turned more to the camera. Still from "Sense-8"
Two people wearing dark clothing lean against each other, making contact with their upper bodies. The person on the left has their back to the camera, and has a cross-shaped tattoo on their upper back. The person on the right is facing the camera, an
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