Your Ocean, My Ocean (YOMO) is an ongoing series of art and technology projects concerned with oceans and coastlines, speaking to environmentalism, climate justice and community engagement
YOMO: Intermedia was an experimental dance, music, media and visual art performance presented at UC Irvine in February 2019 and at Brown University in April 2019. Dancers and musicians performed with processed video projections derived from ocean and coastal locations, and a related series of animated films was presented in a multi-channel video installation.
Credits
YOMO: Intermedia @ UCI
Experimental Media Performance Lab
Contemporary Arts Center
University of California, Irvine
February 6–9, 2019
YOMO: Intermedia @ Brown
Granoff Center
Brown University
Providence, RI
April 1–2, 2019
YOMO: Intermedia Creative Team
Director & Media Design
John Crawford
Composer & Violinist
Mari Kimura
Scenic Design
Dipu Gupta
Jesse Colin Jackson
Madison Russ
Anya Drozd
Creative Consultant
Kyna Leski
Choreographers
Lindsay Gilmour
Molly Lynch
Lisa Naugle
Tong Wang
Lighting Design
Morgan Embry
Costume Design
Ashton Montgomery
Spoken Word Director
Jane Page
Technical Director
Bruce Warner
Stage Manager
Jessica Keasberry
Media Design Assistant
Hannah Tran
Photographer/Videographer
Leandro Damasco
Costume Shop Manager
Julie Keen-Leavenworth
UC Irvine Performances
Dancers
Edgar Aguirre, Hannah Albin, Emma Andres, John Barclay, Jacqueline Campos, Emily Coan, Elise Holmes, Katherine Lingle, Emily McKeon, Morgan Rice, Jessica Richards, Sadie Sandoval, Bailey Spelman, Sophia Vangelatos
Lighting Design & Production Assistant
Shelby Thach
House Manager & Scenic Design Assistant
Gretchen Ugalde
Scenic Design Assistant
Brandon PT Davis
Lighting Design Assistant
Sonya Wong
Video Performers
Sarajane Bradford, Eriel Brown, Robin Buck, Erika Clark, Ebett Cruz, Marcy Froehlich, Anica Garcia-DeGraff, Tyler Garcia, Sena Hernandez, Leah Jackson, Amilcar Jauregui, Kayla Kearney, Crystal Kim, Jalon Matthews, Sophia Metcalf, Robyn O'Dell, Molly O'Donnell, Malik Proctor
Costume Design Assistant
Kathryn Jug
3D Printing Assistants
Tucker Moody, Ivette Morales, Josh Park
xMPL Crew
Brenda Chow, Victoria Gallegos, Brandon Garcia, Adonijah Green, Rebekah Li, Aaron Miller, Melody Ni, Veronica Preciado, Kathryn Robles, Xion Rose
UCI/RISD Art & Design Collaboratory
UC Irvine and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) operated the Art & Design Collaboratory, an educational exchange program connecting the two institutions, with coursework and other activities centered on specific topics and themes. UCI and RISD students and faculty worked together online, and traveled between the two campuses for workshops, exhibitions and performances. In Fall 2018, the YOMO Studio course in RISD's Architecture Department, led by Professor Kyna Leski, studied unintended consequences of human interventions in the ocean environment, with coursework and student projects centered on the YOMO concept. RISD students created scenic elements for YOMO: Intermedia and produced a series of animations derived from their investigations of the chains of human activities that affect marine ecosystems.
YOMO Studio 2018
Anushka Bansal, Yinru Chen, Eleni Contis, Anya Drozd, Lisa Marie Gerdes, Yong Jin Jo, Dewen Ju, Madison Russ, Danni Yang, Yi Qin Zhang