MARIKA NIKO
Meshroom
Meshroom is a performance environment that forms an intellectual/intentional community around an open dancefloor. It is a space for transcending narrow languages, ungrounding from fixed realities and co-creating temporary worlds in movement. Meshroom is shaped by the movement, dreams, hopes and queerness of everyone in the room: It is a weaving of wild minds and soft bodies. All visitors are welcome to move, rest, witness, think, melt and dance with live music and occasional performances.
Meshroom was initially conceptualized with the aim to build a communal environment that centers the body in how people think and move in response to how dance played a minor role in the overall expectation of knowledge production within Duke University.
During the two-hour events, the night fluidly oscillated between an open explorative space where all visitors could choose their mode of participation – move, think, meditate, rest, read, etc. – and occasional performances where visitors witnessed a performance offering by movement artists in the community.
Meshroom was initially conceptualized with the aim to build a communal environment that centers the body in how people think and move in response to how dance played a minor role in the overall expectation of knowledge production within Duke University.
During the two-hour events, the night fluidly oscillated between an open explorative space where all visitors could choose their mode of participation – move, think, meditate, rest, read, etc. – and occasional performances where visitors witnessed a performance offering by movement artists in the community.
Past Meshroom Productions
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Photo by Yasaman Baghban
Courtesy of Duke Arts, Photo by Chris Charles
Courtesy of Duke Arts, Photo by Bren Vienrich-Felling
Courtesy of Duke Arts, Photo by John West, Trinity Communications