Braiding Time, Memory and Water

Braiding Time, Memory and Water is a site-specific, environmental (earth) artistic creation by Sue Schroeder alongside and in collaboration with conceptual artist Jonathon Keats and composer Felipe Pérez Santiago. The performance, including an ensemble of dance artists and percussion, responds to the geography, history, and environmental concerns along the Chattahoochee River as it meanders through the Atlanta metropolitan area: Tanyard Creek Park, a tranquil 14.50-acre park follows the Peachtree Creek through Buckhead’s Collier Hills neighborhood.
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At this performance site (April 26 & 27, 2025 at Tanyard Creek Park) the work will follow the braiding paths of the water over the duration of approximately an hour. With the braid as central to the creative action of the performance, the work follows the naturally occurring form that is composed and performed by water as it flows. The composition is inscribed in the land through ongoing passage, which varies based on fluctuations in flow rate. The river, therefore, acts as a natural timekeeper and a collaborator in the performances. Ambient sound and field recordings integrated into a larger sound composition further nature’s collaboration in the work.