It’s There If You Know It (Black Intimacy Practice) w/ foster JANAE weems

foster (she/they) and j. discuss the experience that sparked foster’s inspiration for Black Intimacy Practice and PLAY CHURCH, delving into the necessity of these spaces for fat Black queer and disabled folks. How does one who is fat Black queer and disabled reclaim access to their body (physically, socially, and spiritually) in a culture that makes it painful to do so? What is play and how do we use that to manifest joy in our practices as we navigate such a hostile culture?

(Recorded: March 5, 2024)

Join j. and foster as they discuss how foster is developing their Black Intimacy Practice to navigate these questions, not only within spaces like PLAY CHURCH, which foster has cultivated, but also in the personal decisions they make in presenting their dance practices.

foster JANAE weems (she/they) is an interdependent-disciplinary artist and a dance artist of the Black improvisational dance universe. In other words, all art forms they practice coexists with the other; their dancing does not exist without their visual art and their musicianship does not exist without their drawing. foster’s work includes that of Black Intimacy Practice (a space for fat Black queer and trans artists) and PLAY CHURCH (a space for Black queer and trans folks in Charlotte, NC).

foster JANAE weems
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