NET/TEN Shareback: Will MacAdams - Toward a Mask of "Gasping Whiteness"
Will MacAdams (Easthampton, MA) invited multidisciplinary artist Angela Davis Johnson (Atlanta, GA) to join the creative team for a rehearsal residency of his new play White Mourning at the Ko Festival of Performance. During the residency, Angela designed and built a mask for the character of Gasping Whiteness.
A conversation between Angela Davis Johnson and Will MacAdams about the making of the mask of Gasping Whiteness. The conversation includes dialogue about cross-race collaboration, about the intersection of theater and ritual, and about the role of imagination and memory in social change.