NYDIA (A "42 Hours of Re_Creativity" Performance by Team We-Cycle)
NYDIA (A "42 Hours of Re_Creativity" Performance by Team We-Cycle)
Creator
Amy Wensley, Beynji Marshall, Chelsea Hamm, Rachel Fernandes, Ellen Wallace
Date
2017
Collection
Creative Submissions
Description
Collaboratively created and performed by Beynji Marshall, Rachel Fernandes, Chelsea Hamm, Ellen Wallace, and Amy Wensley, "NYDIA" draws inspiration from the narrative behind a statue in the University of Michigan Museum of Art ("Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii," by Randolph Rogers). With the utilization of light against a scrim constructed of plastic bags ironed together, we envelop the audience in a reflection of our anxieties about plastic waste. Conceptualized as a whole by the team, the recurring physical theme of closed eyes (alluding to blindness) while one hand raises to an ear, refers to the way we use these everyday objects - plastic bags - without a second thought. In this work, "NYDIA," is here to stimulate conversation about the urgent need to recycle and reduce the use of plastic materials.
