Our Space Is Spoken For

Our Space Is Spoken For is a multidisciplinary public art storytelling project, produced by Twin Cities Media Alliance, where BIPOC artists work in teams to adapt and publicly perform BIPOC residents’ stories in the spaces inherent to their stories. BIPOC residents actively participate in the artistic production of their stories with their artist teams by providing in-depth interviews and feedback on the creative direction. In the past, Our Space artist teams have had residents participate in the actual performance, as deemed comfortable. Performances are documented by film and publicly screened.

With the many kinds of changes in movement that have occurred in our communities from COVID-19 to the murder of George Floyd, the Our Space 2021 theme is movement, defined as a change or development of the way one moves in terms of physicality, one’s mind, socially, in community, and well-being.

Our Space provides an opportunity to directly engage viewers with reframed narratives around the lived experiences of historically marginalized communities via public art.

To watch the full 2018 Our Space Is Spoken For documentary and performances, visit ourspacespoken.com/film.