Ranging from movement workshops to beach cleanups, film screenings and lectures, to semester-length classes, we seek to educate, protect, and preserve our water systems though knowledge, action, and community empowerment.
Katie Pustizzi, MFA: Liquid Spine
On June 11, 2023 Liquid Spine completed their Global Water Dances Project. The project
culminated in a free, public performance in the East India Square Fountain in Salem, Massachusetts. The contemporary dance performance, informed by the research and work of Salem Sound Coastwatch, highlighted the needs of our coastlines. In particular, the performance embodied the following ideas/initiatives:
- The mitigation of effects on our coastlines due to erosion, rising sea levels, and climate change.
- The importance and impact of community, knowledge, and volunteering.
- The need for individual and communal action to preserve and protect coastal ecosystems and seaside towns now and forever.
The grant from The Art of Ecology enabled Liquid Spine (Katie Pustizzi, MFA) to hire a videographer to document the Global Water Dances performance. The video will be shared with Salem Sound Coastwatch, The City of Salem, Creative County of Essex, and beyond. The video’s continual presence will further the performance’s ecological call to action and message. View the video below on Instagram.
In March, 2023, Katie Pustizzi and Marissa (The Art of Ecology) chatted about the Liquid Spine project, the importance of water conservation, and how the artistic form of dance and movement can be used to increase environmental literacy.
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