artist|statement
I am a mammal. I have two X chromosomes. I make art.
And I've always had a penchant for mythology, folktales, communal storytelling…
My artistic practice is a quest for that community. Plugging into my surroundings, to others, across disciplines, across gender, nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, species. I seek to repurpose mundane items, or use items sustainably harvested from nature to foster a more immediate connection to the earth and tap into the universal spark that binds us all.
I scavenge bits of everything from history and lore, science and mathematics, to David Attenborough animal documentaries in the creation of writing, performance, works on homemade paper and mylar, installation, using everything I can get my hands on in an effort to address societal and environmental issues and injustices in general, and trafficking in the feminist agenda in particular.
Playing with the notion of craft, conventionally considered "women's work," my work often incorporates weaving, knitting, embroidery, food preparation, taking it in unexpected directions.
In choosing to create moments that are site specific, re-purposing mundane scavenged objects, using urgent movement, mask, costume, I seek to create a dialogue about our place, about what immobilizes us, tangles us up, throws us forward, breaks us down.
I like the surprises and the accidents, the failures and successes, the story, the connection.
And I've always had a penchant for mythology, folktales, communal storytelling…
My artistic practice is a quest for that community. Plugging into my surroundings, to others, across disciplines, across gender, nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, species. I seek to repurpose mundane items, or use items sustainably harvested from nature to foster a more immediate connection to the earth and tap into the universal spark that binds us all.
I scavenge bits of everything from history and lore, science and mathematics, to David Attenborough animal documentaries in the creation of writing, performance, works on homemade paper and mylar, installation, using everything I can get my hands on in an effort to address societal and environmental issues and injustices in general, and trafficking in the feminist agenda in particular.
Playing with the notion of craft, conventionally considered "women's work," my work often incorporates weaving, knitting, embroidery, food preparation, taking it in unexpected directions.
In choosing to create moments that are site specific, re-purposing mundane scavenged objects, using urgent movement, mask, costume, I seek to create a dialogue about our place, about what immobilizes us, tangles us up, throws us forward, breaks us down.
I like the surprises and the accidents, the failures and successes, the story, the connection.
bio|graphy
Interdisciplinary artist and scavenger Autumn Kioti combines improvisational movement, aerial arts, choreography, narrative, installation, sound and visual arts, activism and social justice. Finding value in society's discards, dumpster diving and trash picking, she creates from recovered items, marrying subconscious narrative with mythic and folk impulses. Using the natural world as an in road, she frequently addresses the issues of women's rights, reproductive justice, environmental and food justice. To this end, she scavenges bits of everything from history and literature, science and mathematics, to clown and mask work, even David Attenborough animal documentaries, in the creation of ritual-inspired participatory performances, works on paper, printwork, installation.
Playing with the notion of craft, conventionally considered "women's work," her work often incorporates weaving, knitting, embroidery, food preparation, taking it in unexpected directions.
She is also an urban forager/scavenger, feeding herself and her family from a sustainable diet of edible vegetation found in her local parks and garden as much as possible.
Select site-specific performance/installations include: WHISPERING VOICES (2015); whisper to me... (2015); segment I [in respect for food] (2015); AESCULAPIAN HARVEST [in respect for food] (2015); re-sounding the landscape: BRONX (2016); WHISPERS IN THE AIR (2016); Making the ROUNDS (2016); re-creation (2016); BECOMING THEM: a fantasy narrative on our relationship to our tech devices (2016); RUN:rabbit (2016), IDEAS IN THE AIR, a conversation with Fritjov Capra (2016); this is NOT a dance | this is not a composition (2017).
Current resident artist with the Audubon Society on Governors Island in NYC, resident artist/recipient of NOoSPHERE Circle of Fire Performance Art Grant, artist-in-residence at Santa Fe Art Institute's first themed residency (FOOD JUSTICE), resident at Art Monastery Italia, Autumn participated along with Art Monastery and RETE in the development of the first Caramanico Teatri D'Arte (a Pescara), currently collaborates with Pepe Coronado/ Coronado Print Studio and has an upcoming installation/performance with Art in FLUX.
Past/present collaborators include: master printmaker Pepe Coronado, biologist/TEDtalk veteran Sara Lewis, naturalist Gabriel Willow, Eric Sanderson (author of Mannahatta), Chef Joel Coleman, Katy Gunn, Sol Kjok, Suprina, Kid Lucky, Maria Hupfield, RSM, Shaman Misha Nogha, Jeanine Alfieri, Alexis Elton, Anthony Collins.
She is also a member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, has taught flying trapeze, worked as an animal educator, has performed as an aerialist worldwide, among other teaching, writing, choreography, and performance credits.
Autumn lives in Harlem with her best friend Mademoiselle Magdalena the leopard dog.
Playing with the notion of craft, conventionally considered "women's work," her work often incorporates weaving, knitting, embroidery, food preparation, taking it in unexpected directions.
She is also an urban forager/scavenger, feeding herself and her family from a sustainable diet of edible vegetation found in her local parks and garden as much as possible.
Select site-specific performance/installations include: WHISPERING VOICES (2015); whisper to me... (2015); segment I [in respect for food] (2015); AESCULAPIAN HARVEST [in respect for food] (2015); re-sounding the landscape: BRONX (2016); WHISPERS IN THE AIR (2016); Making the ROUNDS (2016); re-creation (2016); BECOMING THEM: a fantasy narrative on our relationship to our tech devices (2016); RUN:rabbit (2016), IDEAS IN THE AIR, a conversation with Fritjov Capra (2016); this is NOT a dance | this is not a composition (2017).
Current resident artist with the Audubon Society on Governors Island in NYC, resident artist/recipient of NOoSPHERE Circle of Fire Performance Art Grant, artist-in-residence at Santa Fe Art Institute's first themed residency (FOOD JUSTICE), resident at Art Monastery Italia, Autumn participated along with Art Monastery and RETE in the development of the first Caramanico Teatri D'Arte (a Pescara), currently collaborates with Pepe Coronado/ Coronado Print Studio and has an upcoming installation/performance with Art in FLUX.
Past/present collaborators include: master printmaker Pepe Coronado, biologist/TEDtalk veteran Sara Lewis, naturalist Gabriel Willow, Eric Sanderson (author of Mannahatta), Chef Joel Coleman, Katy Gunn, Sol Kjok, Suprina, Kid Lucky, Maria Hupfield, RSM, Shaman Misha Nogha, Jeanine Alfieri, Alexis Elton, Anthony Collins.
She is also a member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, has taught flying trapeze, worked as an animal educator, has performed as an aerialist worldwide, among other teaching, writing, choreography, and performance credits.
Autumn lives in Harlem with her best friend Mademoiselle Magdalena the leopard dog.
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