Helanius J Wilkins

Rejecting finite points/products, “The Conversation Series: Stitching the Geopolitical Quilt to Re-Body Belonging” is an ongoing and always shifting dance-quilt, confronting and celebrating heritage, resiliency, justice, and hope. This collaborative, immersive work, performed by a male duet, preferences the value of bodies coexisting - sharing weight and responsibility, dancing to become better ancestors. Activating technologies of the body, tools, & toys in a non-colonizing fashion, this work centers belonging as a way to disrupt the erasure of silenced stories and forge paths towards justice/equitable landscapes. The project’s first iteration will take place March 2022 in Michigan.