Autumn Knight

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During a residency in The Kitchen’s building at 512 West 19th Street, Autumn Knight will create a new project to be viewed by online audiences. This project merges her practice of improvisation with new text, choreography, and sculpture that responds to the architecture of the space.

Knight’s work often leverages institutional resources toward inclusion through live performance and immediacy. For this project, across three durational livestreams and a final video edit, she will treat the building as her collaborator, investigating its maintenance through performance. Taking up themes related to the anxiety and gaslighting of the current moment in the US, Knight exposes the illusory circumstances of performance as it transpires without an audience and explores the generative potential of disappointment. Curated by Lumi Tan.


In Residence: July 24–August 10, 2020

Live Performance Streaming Times:

Friday, July 24, 6pm EDT
Friday, July 31, 7pm EDT
Friday, August 7, 6pm EDT

Recordings of all performances are viewable below


Production Team

Lighting Supervisor: Ali May
Sound Supervisor: Philip White
Video Supervisor: Ross Karre
Cameras: Adele Fournet, Merve Kayan, Monica Duncan
Animations: Adebukola Bodunrin
Prints: Collaboration with Luther Davis, Powerhouse Arts
Production Assistance: Andrew Ricci, Mike Faba, Dante Migone-Ojeda


Performance Recordings

During a residency in The Kitchen’s building at 512 West 19th Street from July 24-August 10, Autumn Knight created a new project to be viewed by online audiences. This project merged her practice of improvisation with new text, choreography, and sculpture that responded to the architecture of the space. Knight’s work often leverages institutional resources toward inclusion through live performance and immediacy. For this project, across three durational livestreams and a final video edit, she treated the building as her collaborator, investigating its maintenance through performance. Taking up themes related to the anxiety and gaslighting of the current moment in the US, Knight sought to expose the illusory circumstances of performance as it transpires without an audience and explored the generative potential of disappointment. Production Team: Lighting Supervisor: Ali May Sound Supervisor: Philip White Video Supervisor: Ross Karre Cameras: Adele Fournet, Merve Kaya, Monica Duncan Animations: Adebukola Bodunrin Prints: Collaboration with Luther Davis, Powerhouse Arts Production Assistance: Andrew Ricci, Mike Faba, Dante Migone-Ojeda Curated by Lumi Tan For more information, please visit https://onscreen.thekitchen.org/autumn-knight

During a residency in The Kitchen’s building at 512 West 19th Street from July 24-August 10, Autumn Knight created a new project to be viewed by online audiences. This project merged her practice of improvisation with new text, choreography, and sculpture that responded to the architecture of the space. Knight’s work often leverages institutional resources toward inclusion through live performance and immediacy. For this project, across three durational livestreams and a final video edit, she treated the building as her collaborator, investigating its maintenance through performance. Taking up themes related to the anxiety and gaslighting of the current moment in the US, Knight sought to expose the illusory circumstances of performance as it transpires without an audience and explored the generative potential of disappointment. Production Team: Lighting Supervisor: Ali May Sound Supervisor: Philip White Video Supervisor: Ross Karre Cameras: Adele Fournet, Merve Kayan, Monica Duncan Animations: Adebukola Bodunrin Prints: Collaboration with Luther Davis, Powerhouse Arts Production Assistance: Andrew Ricci, Mike Faba, Dante Migone-Ojeda Curated by Lumi Tan For more information, please visit https://onscreen.thekitchen.org/autumn-knight

During a residency in The Kitchen’s building at 512 West 19th Street from July 24-August 10, Autumn Knight created a new project to be viewed by online audiences. This project merged her practice of improvisation with new text, choreography, and sculpture that responded to the architecture of the space. Knight’s work often leverages institutional resources toward inclusion through live performance and immediacy. For this project, across three durational livestreams and a final video edit, she treated the building as her collaborator, investigating its maintenance through performance. Taking up themes related to the anxiety and gaslighting of the current moment in the US, Knight sought to expose the illusory circumstances of performance as it transpires without an audience and explored the generative potential of disappointment. Production Team: Lighting Supervisor: Ali May Sound Supervisor: Philip White Video Supervisor: Ross Karre Cameras: Adele Fournet, Merve Kayan, Monica Duncan Animations: Adebukola Bodunrin Prints: Collaboration with Luther Davis, Powerhouse Arts Production Assistance: Andrew Ricci, Mike Faba, Dante Migone-Ojeda Curated by Lumi Tan For more information, please visit https://onscreen.thekitchen.org/autumn-knight


To learn more about this project, click here to read an interview with Knight.


Image: Autumn Knight, Untitled Study (The Kitchen), 2020.

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Autumn Knight’s residency is made possible with support from The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation and NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community Trust; annual grants from Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, and Cowles Charitable Trust; and in part by public funds from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.