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Lisa E. Harris: New album LIFE AND THAT, Available June 18 from Lisa Harris on Vimeo.

““THE THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY: I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.” ”

— JOHN 10:10 (KJV)

Black Bodies in Space

A Performer’s response to Dead Performance Online

I will not be engaging in live performance online during the pandemic, in light of more recent killings and public lynchings of Black people in this country. I will not share my Life performance in the same space that Death performance is being created, distributed and consumed. This online dead performance practice that continues to happen on us is terrorizing and institutionally funded. I am reminded that the public sphere is not obligated to any part of my Life performance, and I will not subjugate myself willingly to the entropic communion that insists on persisting.

As long as Black bodies are being forced to perform dead online, I will not be performing live online.

As long as I am Black, I will not be performing live online until I feel like my Black body is safe in space

Li Harris

May 27, 2020

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LIFE AND THAT

Life and That is the debut solo album by interdisciplinary artist Lisa E. Harris, out June 18 on arts collective and production company Studio Enertia. The album is a nine track recollection of original tunes being sung around a Texas campfire, a bluesy round of musical chairs and a drowsy line dance teetering on the border of dream land.

AFRAM

AFRAM, AFRICAN-AMERICA, IS AN INNER SPACE REALITY FOR BLACK EXPONENTIAL POTENTIAL OF BEING. IN AFRAM, BLACK PEOPLE CAN DREAM. WE CAN WAKE UP. WE CAN BUILD. BLACK PEOPLE CAN BE BLACK AND INDIGENOUS AT THE SAME TIME. WE CAN BE ALONE. WE CAN BE ANGRY. WE CAN BE TRANS. WE CAN BE LAZY. WE CAN TRUST. WE CAN BE UNCERTAIN. WE CAN BE INNOCENT. WE CAN BE MEDIOCRE. WE CAN BE EVIL. WE CAN BE BORED. WE CAN TRANSFORM. WE CAN BE.