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Overflow Radio: Emily Johnson Catalyst for Celebrate Brooklyn: Camille Usher Story
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Emily Johnson, celebrated for a distinguished body of dance works, invites you to an evening specifically crafted for our sunset time together in Prospect Park. Gather, sit, or lay down with the ground, on and amongst 84 hand-stitched quilts —a 4,000 square-foot installation designed by Ojibwe artist Maggie Thompson. Created over the past decade by hundreds of volunteers over multiple geographies, these quilts reflect a collective vision toward better futures. They hold record of historic actions alongside personal histories, migrations, and dreams. You'll be invited to take part—stitch with us, and add your ideas to this monumental project: what are your non-negotiable care actions? How do we defend land
in a city? How do we disrupt the misuse of the terms: great, free, he, she, illegal, migrant, border?
https://www.catalystdance.com/
These stories are broadcasted during Emily Johnson's performance for Celebrate Brooklyn 08/07/2025. Listen to these stories virtually while 2000 people gather for this performance activation. We'll listen to stories and provocations transmitted from artists across territories and First Nations. We'll take in a little silence and also the booming sounds from famed Lower East Side DJ Dat Gurl Curly! You might decide to dance. You
might decide to join Ashley Pierre-Louis near one of the park's oldest trees, or take a guided tour with Prospect Park Alliance, along one of its paths. You might learn the backstitch from Korina Emmerich, Nishina Loft, or another audience member. Maybe you'll teach the stitch, too. You'll take home a bundle of herbs specially prepared to support the summer harvest and our nervous systems—and pollinator seeds from PECaN to support the human and more-than-human ecosystems of New York City.
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Manage episode 498906130 series 2027778
Emily Johnson, celebrated for a distinguished body of dance works, invites you to an evening specifically crafted for our sunset time together in Prospect Park. Gather, sit, or lay down with the ground, on and amongst 84 hand-stitched quilts —a 4,000 square-foot installation designed by Ojibwe artist Maggie Thompson. Created over the past decade by hundreds of volunteers over multiple geographies, these quilts reflect a collective vision toward better futures. They hold record of historic actions alongside personal histories, migrations, and dreams. You'll be invited to take part—stitch with us, and add your ideas to this monumental project: what are your non-negotiable care actions? How do we defend land
in a city? How do we disrupt the misuse of the terms: great, free, he, she, illegal, migrant, border?
https://www.catalystdance.com/
These stories are broadcasted during Emily Johnson's performance for Celebrate Brooklyn 08/07/2025. Listen to these stories virtually while 2000 people gather for this performance activation. We'll listen to stories and provocations transmitted from artists across territories and First Nations. We'll take in a little silence and also the booming sounds from famed Lower East Side DJ Dat Gurl Curly! You might decide to dance. You
might decide to join Ashley Pierre-Louis near one of the park's oldest trees, or take a guided tour with Prospect Park Alliance, along one of its paths. You might learn the backstitch from Korina Emmerich, Nishina Loft, or another audience member. Maybe you'll teach the stitch, too. You'll take home a bundle of herbs specially prepared to support the summer harvest and our nervous systems—and pollinator seeds from PECaN to support the human and more-than-human ecosystems of New York City.
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