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Peter Redgrave interview, 2021-06-05

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_08.wav

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

D.C. Oral History Collaborative (DCOHC) is a citywide initiative to train community members in oral history skills, fund new and ongoing oral history projects, connect volunteers with oral history projects, and publicize existing oral history collections. DCOHC is a project of DC Public Library, HumanitiesDC, and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. This collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, and indexes produced by DCOHC grantees.

Dates

  • Creation: 2021-06-05

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Biographical / Historical

Peter Redgrave is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Baltimore, Maryland who works alone and with other artists. In solo work, he explores the post-natural world, vulnerability, and direct energetic exchange between performer and audience. In collaborative work, he values process, conversation, and all the messy drudgery of consensus. Peter studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he focused on printmaking and performance. He trains as a dancer, opening and accessing joints to unlock images from the fibers of the body. Peter has performed in parks, on the street, in warehouses, theaters, and former butcher shops to name a few. Peter founded the Move Move Collaborative in 2017, a ten-day movement intensive where artists from around the country come to Baltimore and create a performance by consensus.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.13 Terabytes

Abstract

Peter Redgrave talks about being born outside of London and starting to move around at the age 6, as his family travels to the United States, following his father’s hotel work. Peter’s parents separated a few years later, which creates a shift in the family dynamic. Peter’s mother works and goes to law school, while Peter and his brother get into skateboarding and building a community, through zine-making and traveling to new skating locations around the country. Peter develops his interest in print and zine making by attending The School at the Art Institute of Chicago. Upon returning to the DMV area, Peter partners with various artists and delves into embodied performances- using performance as a tool to bring nervous systems to a collective state. These performances include falling down performances, wearing another animal’s head to speak about the masks we wear, and forming a leader-less dance practice-the Move Move Collaborative. Peter reflects on the community at Rhizome DC and looks ahead at post-pandemic possibilities, where inclusivity and equity are the leading principles of organization.

Repository Details

Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository

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