Clarissa Tossin, Ch'u Mayaa, 2017
Clarissa Tossin, Ch'u Mayaa, 2017
Director and concept: Clarissa Tossin Choreography/Performer: Crystal Sepúlveda Cinematography: Jeremy Glaholt.
Originally commissioned by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs for the exhibition Condemned to be Modern as part of Getty Foundation’s Pacific Standard Time:LA/LA.
Ch'u Mayaa is a single-channel video that responds to the influence of Mayan architecture on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House by re-appropriating the building as a temple and imbuing it with a dance performance based on gestures and postures found in ancient Mayan pottery and murals.