"A remix is not a “cover” or a “remake.” Remix is a noun and a verb: action and outcome; meditation and mediation; call and response. Remix discoveries reveal sharper perspectives that deepen meaning or shift understanding. Remixes liberate fresh ideas from outdated ones so something new can manifest. A remix is a citation, correction, improvement and a challenge to "the original." It is a liberatory act."
~Cristal Chanelle Truscott, Director
PLANTATION REMIX
A Site-Responsive, Community-Built, Performative Repurposing
Plantation Remix is a site-responsive Neo-Spiritual (acapella musical) and performative tour of historical U.S. plantations designed to raze, rework and reimagine the separatist genre of plantation tourism. With a multicultural community ensemble built locally for each site, Plantation Remix blends music, theatre, poetry and movement in a procession of performance art to remix the plantation as a place for bold conversations about the future.
Every identity and every culture living in and moving through the United States is impacted by the social and systemic legacies of U.S. slavery.Plantation Remix invites us all to the collective work of creating a more connected and healed future of equality.
What if our historic sites became places to not only remember the past, but to explore a better future?
NASHVILLE CREATIVES: JOIN THE COMMUNITY ENSEMBLE!
Plantation Remix in Nashville is presented by Engine for Art, Democracy & Justice (EADJ), a trans-institutional collaboration between Fisk University, Frist Art Museum, Millions of Conversations, and Vanderbilt University that explores creative approaches to living together in the South.
We invite you to join the Nashville Plantation Remix as an audience member, community expert and/or a performer. Our workshops/auditions include singing, movement, story circles, conversation and FOOD!
Auditions and Performances for 2023 will be announced soon. Sign-up below for details and updates!
Plantation Remix is made possible with funding by
