Gesel Mason Performance Projects

Yes, And is a performance project that recenters Black womanhood as the norm and operating force in the creative process. Seemly contradictory, the work is both: YES, an unapologetic celebration of Black sisterhood, AND, a complex investigation of issues and experiences (motherhood, trauma, sexuality, joy, mental health, self-care, the list is non-exhaustive) from a Black female center. Yes, And asks: Who would you be and what would you do if, as a Black woman, you had nothing to worry about? Yes, And is a process, or rather a methodology, of undoing and of freedom, the freedom “to find” and to “be found” from this recalibrated place. 

Estimated Artist Fees: $18,000/performance; $22,000/week.