Collaborations with Dance Company Known Mass - Catherine Nelson's Artist Portfolio

This portfolio includes collaborations with musician MJ Guider as well as New Orleans-based company Known Mass directed by Ann Glaviano. Works include "Secret Beach" and Known Mass No. 3, "St. Maurice" with Nelson in the roles of both installation artist, co-choreographer, and performer. All pieces were improvised, organized by "scores" or sequential constraints meant to generate authentic movement from performers in real time.

St. Maurice Photos: Camille Lenain and Shannon Palmer
Secret Beach Videography: Blake Alexandra and Sophie Peters
"Kyrie: The Stained Glass Windows in Their Original Order"

Film and music by MJ Guider

Composed for Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice

Feat. original cast performance footage and additional performances by Ann Glaviano (dance) and Catherine Nelson (drawing).

Aired as part of Experimental Sound Studio's "An Auditory Revisualism" in June 2021
Showcard, Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (analog projection still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (audience interaction still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (audience interaction still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Art Klub, New Orleans, 2018 (still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Happyland Theater, New Orleans, 2019 (still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Happyland Theater, New Orleans, 2019 (audience interaction still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Happyland Theater, New Orleans, 2019 (Trailer)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (prop still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Minicine?, Shreveport, 2019 (still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Art Klub, New Orleans, 2018 (Trailer)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Art Klub, New Orleans, 2018 (still)
Known Mass No. 3: St. Maurice, Art Klub, New Orleans, 2018 (still)
Showcard, "A Tussle With the Genius Loci" and "Secret Beach" performed at Southern Heat Exchange, Summer 2018
Known Mass: Secret Beach, Southern Heat Exchange, New Orleans, 2018 (Trailer)
Known Mass: Secret Beach, Southern Heat Exchange, New Orleans, 2018 (Full Performance)
Known Mass: Secret Beach, Southern Heat Exchange, New Orleans, 2018 (still)
Known Mass: Secret Beach, Southern Heat Exchange, New Orleans, 2018 (Excerpt)
Known Mass: Secret Beach, Southern Heat Exchange, New Orleans, 2018 (still)
Known Mass: Secret Beach, Southern Heat Exchange, New Orleans, 2018 (still)

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