Fox Whitney - IMPOSSIBLE SHADES OF GREEN
Experience the first meditation.
Experience the second meditation.
Impossible Shades of Green is a series of online meditations of impossible colors, improbable conversations and possibilities for performance at the Art Park. Inspired by the act of transporting himself while meditating and a desire to create dances for the park without actually being able to go there, Whitney will meditate on images of the park, honing in on shades of green within the photographs as well as impossible shades of green in his mind's eye. Based on this color research, he will speculate on interacting with the landscape and other imaginary park visitors and share his findings, including made-up conversations and performance visions, on our social media platforms and in printed matter. Impossible Shades of Green makes the impossible possible by inviting visitors to engage with meditations that contain prompts for seeing, moving, listening and imagining possibilities for engaging with the park.
Fox Whitney is the architect/choreographer behind Gender Tender, an interdisciplinary performance project based in Seattle that centers his black, mixed, queer and transgender point of view. He creates experiences that investigate the nature of queer relationships, trans histories and the surreal nature of transformation. Gender Tender engages a team of artists trained in Fox’s unique methods modeled on sports teams, cults, sitcoms and riots. He has performed in work by Morgan Thorson, Gabrielle Civil, Vladimir Kremenović, Keyon Gaskin and Malic Amalya. His most recent project MELTED RIOT, a queer meditation inspired by the Stonewall Riots of 1969 was presented by Velocity Dance Center on the 50th anniversary of the rebellion. He is currently an Artist in Residence at On the Boards theater in Seattle, WA.
Instagram: @fox_whitney_ @gendertenderforever