CROSSROADS

CROSSROADS was an interactive story-telling project linking the ancient traditions of dance, oral history and music with the exciting world of the written word. The project actively engaged the Charleston Library Society constituency to think creatively about their relationship with the library. It took place over the course of five months, featuring a story-collecting residency, a public blog and a community choreography workshop and culminated in a mixed-media dance performance.

The center of this inquiry was the past and present of the library and the transformations and functions of the physical space, people, buildings, books and land as they have evolved throughout the centuries. The world of the Charleston Library Society involves journeys and intersections between individual stories, objects and places. Project creator Maura Garcia explored the following questions:  Where, how, when and between whom do the intersections occur?  What is the nature and tone of the intersections?  Why do they happen?