Cake Walk
Synopsis
This video documents Cake Walk, an installation and performance piece by artist Houston Conwill, staged in November 1983 at Linda Goode Bryant's pioneering gallery Just Above Midtown (JAM), at its second (downtown) location on Franklin Street. The piece refers to the cakewalk dance which developed in the mid-eighteenth century among enslaved African Americans as, among other things, a way to covertly ridicule slaveholders. The dancers in Cake Walk move amid Conwill's sculptures and paintings, one of Conwill's cosmograms painted on the floor beneath them.
Release History & Theatrical Window
February 1, 2022
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Ulysses Jenkins
- Original Title
- Cake Walk
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 26m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Ulysses Jenkins
Department Leadership Roster
Ulysses Jenkins
Director
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What is Cake Walk about?
This video documents Cake Walk, an installation and performance piece by artist Houston Conwill, staged in November 1983 at Linda Goode Bryant's pioneering gallery Just Above Midtown (JAM), at its second (downtown) location on Franklin Street. The piece refers to the cakewalk dance which developed in the mid-eighteenth century among enslaved African Americans as, among other things, a way to covertly ridicule slaveholders. The dancers in Cake Walk move amid Conwill's sculptures and paintings, one of Conwill's cosmograms painted on the floor beneath them.
Who directed Cake Walk?
Cake Walk was directed by Ulysses Jenkins.
Who stars in Cake Walk?
The principal cast of Cake Walk includes Not specified.
When was Cake Walk released and how long is it?
Cake Walk was released in 1983 with a total runtime of 26m.