Description
DWELLING is a one-night-only immersive performance event on the meaning of home.
Join us in a living room cafe where scenes, sounds, storytelling, and images unfold all around you a space of shared experience. Born out of an intensive weeklong group collaboration, Dwelling asks: What, who, where is home, and why is it that way?
Come curious. Stay awhile. Welcome home.
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The performance is created by an interdisciplinary group of local artists and educators including: Diana Delgado, Marisa DeMarco, Esther Elia, Kat Kinnick, Mariel Leon Lazcano, Zahra Marwan, Aziza Murray, Hope Orange, Graham Parker Ransell, Rich Van Schouwen, Nick Tauro, and Sandy Timmerman.
It is a project under the leadership of New Mexican classical singer and theater artist Tara Khozein and Hungarian director Martin Boross (Promenade: Albuquerque). It is presented in collaboration with q-Staff Theatre.
collage art header by Kat Kinnick
FAQs
You are working with lots of visual artists. Why do you call this a performance and not an exhibition?
Dwelling is a multidisciplinary art event where we place special emphasis on what exactly happens over the course of the evening, and how that might affect you, our guests. This doesn't mean that sculptors will deliver monologues or that photographers will break into dance, but it does mean that you will encounter artists in a different way than you usually would at a gallery opening.
That only kind of makes sense.
That's perfect. You are exactly where we want you.
What do you mean by "on the meaning of home"?
This is up to our artists, but some of the themes may include:
How do you create home? • Leaving home: travel & migration • Eviction, statelessness, deportation • Chosen home, chosen family, banding together • Who makes you feel at home? • Being a stranger in a society • Sanctuary
Will there be snacks?
Yes. There will be refreshments available in our pop-up performance café, and the proceeds will go to bolster the artists' honoraria.
Have you done a project in Albuquerque before?
Yes! Martin Boross of the Hungarian theater collective STEREO AKT, directed a show in 2018 called Promenade Albuquerque. It was an immersive, bus-based performance which turned the city into a moving stage with live scenes, sound design, and community-driven storytelling. One audience member called it "a love letter to Albuquerque".
Date & Time
Sat, Jun 21, 2025 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Venue Details
q-Staff Theatre
400 Broadway Blvd SEAlbuquerque, New Mexico 87102
