Could Have Been You, Borders Resurfacing Offshoot

A super long time ago, responding to Cyn's assignment:  http://postnatyam.blogspot.com/2016/03/reimagining-citizenship-cynthia.html,  I made a little choreopoem that I now call "not knowing of the taking":
 
https://vimeo.com/185585301 
 password: citizenship

In researching the 10 little song, I realized there was more than one version of the song and in particular it was also used in racist ways against the African American community in addition to the Native American community.  So,  I invited Iyatunde Foyalan to work with me to bring in the African American voice more visibly.  Below is a draft of the new piece.  I imagine it could stand on it's own, or follow not knowing of the taking" if both are filmed more similarly.

 password: 10 little

"Could Have Been You," Work-in-Progress, 12-13-18 from Shyamala Moorty on Vimeo.


Questions:
1.  What do you take away from "Could have been you?"

2. do you see the two poems as working one after another:  "not knowing of the taking" then "Could have been you?" 

2.  Can "Could have been you" stand on its own?  if so, is it strange that I dissapear?

3.  Does part two of "Could have been you" where Iyatunde speaks solo feel like an important addition?  Can the first part stand on its own?

4.   Do you have any questions or confusions?

5. Any other ideas for further tightening and strengthening it?

Re-imagining Citizenship Revision "10 little"

I got inspired to add some context to my study about the "10 little..." because of Meena's feedback on my last assignment. I am grateful to Iyatunde who filmed it for me and helped as an outside eye.


10 little from Shyamala Moorty on Vimeo.
password: citizenship

Questions:
1.  What is your experience watching this?

2. Do you feel this revision addresses Meena's comment: "This study also makes light to me of the tension between the different uses of the word Indian in a colonial context, but is specific to Shyamala's positionality as a South Asian woman. Unless maybe there is a way to FLIP the original meaning of the song but smake it specific to people's identity and history"

Is there anything else that you imagine I could do to address the above comment? 

3.  Are there any other red flags or questions this brings up for you?

4. Do you have any ideas of what I should wear?  Iyatunde thought of a t-shirt with #noDAPL #BLM (of course the blacklivesmatter is not addressed in this section of our piece just yet).

5. Any other thoughts?

Reimagining Citizenship: Indians

Thanks to Ulka for helping me film and giving some outside eye help too!

password:  citizenship




1.  How do you read this study in relation to the idea of citizenship in terms of movement, costume, surroundings etc., and do any of these aspects stand out to you more than others? 

2.  How do you read my positionality in particular?

3.  Are there any ways you can imagine that I might deepen the piece in relation to ideas of citizenship?

4.  Are there any ways you could imagine the study expanding artistically?

5.  Are there any ways you can imagine making the piece relate more to hapa/mixed identity which was initially going to be my inroad to Re-imagining Citizenship.