My body’s liturgies: A Grieving Landscape, arranged and performed by artist Nico Lawson, is a performance installation that combines dance film, live performance, and interactive exhibition to share an autobiographical and participatory journey through the entanglements of grieving the traumas of living in a queer and disabled body, the search for belonging in a world that rejects fundamental, beloved parts of me, and unrelenting hope in a future that offers tenderness for our most vulnerable parts.

Created in collaboration with filmmaker Jordan Spayd, composer Dorian Ham, and dramaturge, Michael Morris, this project offers audiences the opportunity to enter the world of Grieving Landscapes and experience the alchemy of the liminal: the cyclical space where tidiness and completion escape you and possibility runs wild. Audiences are invited into this ritualistic space to name and offer what they need for a more tender and compassionate future. 

Gallery Opening: Saturday, March 7, 2026, 6-8pm

Community Workshop: Saturday, March 14, 2026

Performances: Friday, March 27 and 28, 2026