Radical Velocity: The Power of the Body to Move through Place

What does it mean to occupy space? To hold space?  

What does it mean to move through space in unexpected ways?

Who has access to what spaces….under what circumstances….and with whose permission?

Radical Velocity explores the power of the human body to not only move through space, but also to impact (even transform) our sense of place. Through images of protest, performance, and physicality we see how social space, boundaries, and expectations are negotiated, and changed, by movement or stillness.

Radical Velocity is an invitation to consider moments of history and more recent events when everyday citizens and artists have taken to the streets and other public settings to use their bodies, their presence, their movement as a means to affect change. In some cases, the change is related to equity, reconciliation, and social justice, other times perception or imagination. And some works simply celebrate the possibilities of exuberant, unexpected movement, and the individuals who are pushing boundaries both physical and social.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.