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This cloth stage performance backdrop was painted for Maura Garcia’s\u00a0\u201cCROSSROADS\u201d interactive story-telling and dance project as part of the Unedited Series (sponsored by the Harold C. Schott Foundation),\u00a0Charleston Library Society,\u00a0Charleston, SC.<\/p>\n

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It was a re-make of a southeastern mound culture woodpecker pottery design, the Ivory Billed Woodpecker being the iconic bird of the southeastern region:<\/p>\n

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Below is an inspirational example of a Mississippian era shell gorget from Tennessee, c1000 AD. Crested woodpeckers guard the four directions that encircle the sun. Woodpeckers were symbols of war to the Mississippians. From the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York.<\/p>\n

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“Layers create intersections. What appears to be\u00a0homogenous and known may actually have many\u00a0hidden intricacies. Links exist between unconnected\u00a0things. Take for example an ivory-billed woodpecker, a\u00a0dance concert and a library: seemingly incongruous.\u00a0However, what if the dancer is an American Indian\u00a0and the ivory-bill traditionally an important bird for her\u00a0people? What if a historic delegation of leaders from\u00a0her tribe went to Charleston long ago to negotiate a\u00a0treaty? What if the library is in Charleston, formerly a\u00a0haunt of the bird? What if the library at one time\u00a0housed important James Audubon illustrations,\u00a0including a famous drawing of the ivory-billed\u00a0woodpecker? And so it begins. The crossroads is the\u00a0site of this phenomenon: the beginning of many stories.<\/p>\n

Every story must have a focal point and the center of\u00a0the CROSSROADS Project has been the Charleston\u00a0Library Society. A historic library in a port town is an\u00a0ideal place to explore intersecting stories. Though I did\u00a0reference some written texts, I did not want\u00a0CROSSROADS to be a research report, but rather a\u00a0living, moving study developed from community\u00a0interaction. It has evolved over the past five months,\u00a0involving patron interviews, choreography surveys, a\u00a0public blog and community movement workshops.<\/p>\n

Every interaction with a new person has spawned more\u00a0material. The CROSSROADS team, an insightful group of\u00a0artists and community members, has created and\u00a0inspired responses to this data. The putting together of\u00a0all of this information has proven to be a wonderful\u00a0challenge. Tonight\u2019s performance is the culmination of\u00a0this work.”<\/p>\n

-Maura Garcia<\/em><\/p>\n

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Interior Charleston Public Library prior to installation<\/p><\/div>\n

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