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BECOMING FOSSIL

Petra Kuppers
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BECOMING FOSSIL

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12'30''
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Becoming Fossil invites viewers to become time travelers through kaleidoscopic sensations of touch and elemental change. Join in and travel backward and forward in time around our small precious planet. Ride the waves of climate emergencies and experience both extinction and resiliency in human and more-than-human touches.

CREDITS

Direction: Petra Kuppers. Edit and Sound: Kym McDaniel. Camera: Petra Kuppers, John Campbell and Kym McDaniel. Additional Sound: Rebecca Caines. Performers: Rebecca Caines, John Campbell, Charli Brissey, Amy Ackerman, Stephanie Heit, Desiree Mwalimu-Banks, Mikel Mwalimu-Banks, Petra Kuppers, Kym McDaniel, Marina “Heron” Tsaplina, and moira williams.

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Petra Kuppers

Petra Kuppers (she/her) is a disability culture activist, a wheelchair dancer, and a community performance artist.

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