Call Her By Her Name: Lenape Sippu, an Earth Day clean-up festival will be the first event in an ongoing collaboration with Propelled Animals, a collective of artists, dancers, scholars, musicians, and designers who create thought-provoking, site responsive performances to encourage radical tenderness and action in our relationship to ourselves and communities. This first event was conceived by Esther Baker-Tarpaga, one of the co-founders of Propelled Animals, and will feature new performances by her and other artists living and working in occupied Lenapehoking. This project is funded by Philadelphia Contemporary.
This free all-ages event that will take place on the Delaware River Trail, next to the entrance to Washington Avenue Green. The festival will open with a storytelling performance from Tchin, followed by a dance performance and procession by dancers Esther Baker-Tarpaga, Crux, Kaolack, Qiwen Yuan, singer Damala LaVette, costume creator Maisie O’Brien, and rapper Dread Skeezo. After the performances, audiences will be provided with supplies and guided down the trail by performers and staff to participate in a trash pick-up along the trail and the banks of the river. Guests will also be invited to enjoy refreshments, participate in a kite-making workshop hosted by Fleisher Art Memorial, use chalk to decorate the Delaware River Trail, learn more about how to support environmental justice organizations working in the region at informational tables, and engage in a moment of self-care through a complimentary chair massage at the wellness station.
Video shot and edited by Taj.
Tama Drumming Soundscape by Boubacar Djiga
