Bonnie Cochran (Composer & Flutist)
Emily Ashman (Artist & Videographer)
Zoe Frigoletto (Dancer & Choreographer)

Liminal (adj): relating to an intermediate state, phase, or condition; in-between; transitional

Composed in the spring of 2020, Liminal Space explores thoughts and feelings encountered in the space of time during the Coronavirus pandemic when the entire world experienced a range of emotions due to the uncertainty and fear surrounding the disease and the way it brought society to a halt.

Bonnie: The first movement expresses the "Uncertainty" of what was to come during the beginnings of the pandemic. "Into Darkness" explores the intense pain and helplessness associated with rising death tolls. With stay at home orders, many people felt deep isolation ("Solitude"). The fourth movement becomes a pleading prayer for peace, health and safety. Finally, "Many Days" gives life to that feeling of trying to make the best of this situation—waiting, watching and hoping, and not quite knowing when things will return to normal.

Emily: My initial response to Bonnie's piece Liminal Space was the vision of a solitary human moving through the range of emotions felt as a result of the 2020 COVID outbreak and subsequent isolation. I began to revisit art, photographs and video I had shot during my own 2020 experience, much of it abstract and created spontaneously, some as a result of deep diving emotions I had neglected to unpack for years and then images shot on solo hikes or those taken with my immediate family in spaces of solace. True to my style, a combination of multi media options and solutions began to form. The dancer, Zoe, became a canvas for the visual work but clearly brought forth a dimension of her own which resulted in this lovely collaboration of art forms that illustrates how an individual may process shock, trauma, loneliness and hope during unprecedented times.

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This program is supported in part by a grant from the Marlborough Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

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