Crude Fracture

Crude Fracture
Chrissie Orrcreated a land art rendering made from earth, cornmeal, turmeric, chile, and molasses; animated by the bodies in motion of DANCING EARTH, the nation's foremost indigenous contemporary dance ensemble. Led by choreographer Rulan Tangen, several members of DANCING EARTH reside in New Mexico, and gathered to create a site-specific ritual dedicated to the healing of the waters of the Gulf, in reflection of artist Chrissie Orr's land-based rumination of the same theme - the black rift of oil that blows open the imbalance of modern systems in paradox to the natural world.