Photo by Ricardo Adame
Open Lab: Helen Lee
Curiosities of Wellness in Bodies of Grief and Joy
Open Labs offer a flexible platform for artists to share, test ideas, and develop perspective on their work through community exchange.
Doors at 4:30
Performance at 5:00
From Earth to Sky, Sky to Earth
A loving invitation to expand grief into joy
Explore collective healing to shift into ease, groundedness, and joy. Curiosities of Wellness in Bodies of Grief and Joy brings together offerings of performances, live music, movement therapy, plant medicine and celebration.
Artists include: Tuli Bera, Kara Brody, Anjal Chande, Amanda Gentry, Dabin Han, Catherine Hepler, Kiku Hibino, Anna Hu, Robin Kim, Isabella Limosnero, Amanda Maraist, Hannah Marcus, Jill McDufee Wade, Wannapa P-Eubanks, Peregrine, Cristal Sabbagh, & Sharon Udoh.
Participants are invited to engage as they feel comfortable.
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Advanced registration is appreciated.
About the Artist
Helen Lee was born and raised in Chicago to immigrant parents from South Korea. She received her MFA with a focus in Performance and Film from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and BA in Dance with a minor in Theatre from University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has presented works in the US, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Iceland, Finland and Canada. She has been awarded Chicago Artist Coalition's (CAC) SPARK Grant, SAIC’s Graduate Dean Professional Development Award to attend The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics Convergence hosted by York University, was Chicago Moving Company’s D49 Awardee and Affiliate Artist for Dance Shelter. She was named 2022 Newcity Breakout Artist: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers, was a finalist for 2023 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist, had a solo exhibition at CICA Museum in South Korea, a window exhibition at Roots and Culture gallery and has been a recipient for several artist residencies including CAC HATCH, Links Hall Co-MISSION, DanceBridge at Chicago Cultural Center, Butoh Centrum MAMU, Arteles Creative Center, Fish Factory - Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjörður, KuBa: kulturbahnhof, Cel del Nord to name a few. Her performances, works and/or writings have been published in “Emergency INDEX" Volume 8 & 9 by Ugly Duckling Press, CICA Art Now 2019, antirrhinum Issue 2: Hauntings, Quince Magazine, Issue Three: Winter 2020-21 and films have been presented by Chicago Park District’s Chicago OnScreen, New Blood Festival XII and Experimental Dance Virginia.
Access Services
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Presented by High Concept Labs and the Monira Foundation in Joint Residency at Mana Contemporary.