How lonely sits the city

how lonely sits the city a collection of dance films, publicly wheat-pasted images, and an evening length live dance and film installation work how lonely sits the city is a poetic layering of dance film and live performance that tells the quiet interior stories of black identifying dancers who take on angelic-like characters. personal and historical narratives unfold throughout the films that have been formed publicly in and around historically black neighborhoods of los angeles, ca. in this moment, we open vast interior landscapes and embrace the multiplicity of our expression the work also exists as photographs that have been wheat-pasted publicly around los angeles, ca as angelic tokens of hope. a project by marissa brown, with performance by damontae hack, maya allen, and nadia muhammad, cinematography and live work lighting by max harper, original sound score by isaac middleton and ashley “robi” robicheaux, photography by josh rose, production support by marlie couto, and clo