Regina Nejman and Despina Sophia Stamos

Present the Premiere of

Neighbors/Plastic

at the Gambit Works Gallery

Regina Nejman and Despina Sophia Stamos present the premiere of Neighbors/Plastic a dance collaboration with live music by Julian Rozzell Jr. at the Gambit Works Gallery, 1155 Avenue of the Americas (between 44th and 45th Street) on Thursday, June 11th & Friday, June 12th and Thursday, June 18th & Friday, June 19th at 12pm.

Tickets are $20 general, $15 artists $10 students/seniors and can be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neighborsplastic-tickets-1989882784976

Neighbors/Plastic is Regina Nejman and Despina Sophia Stamos’ ninth site-specific dance collaboration. Using large, yellow, transparent plastic as both costume and set, they investigate the commodification of the female body, entrapment of consumer culture, and the insidious presence of plastic in our environments. The work unfolds as a tactile, physical dialogue with large sheets of yellow plastic, exploring distance and proximity through the lens of their real-life relationship as next-door neighbors. Performed with live music by Julian Rozzell Jr., the dance piece generates striking images that evoke the suffocating ways women’s bodies are marketed and commodified—bound to ideals of youth and desirability—while also referencing oceanic pollution and the slick, seductive packaging of consumer goods.