Scott N Andrew

sum of y'all

2025

What do we add up to as a community? Staycee Pearl’s creation, sum of y'all, invites audiences to reflect on the delicate impermanence of community. Tracing back to memories of historically black spaces that have been erased over time, sum of y’all highlights the constant and inevitable state of expansion, change and transformation.

A compelling movement work, layered within a multimedia stage installation, sum of y’all draws parallels between gentrification and patterns found in the cellular structures of the human body. Set to an original score by jazz musicians James Johnson III, Erik Lawrence and co-composer Herman Pearl, the score unfolds as dancers flock, disperse and reassemble in blurred unison.

• Choreography: Staycee Pearl • Collaborating Artist: Marvin Touré • Media Design: Scott Andrew • Music Production and Sound Design: Herman Pearl • Collaborating Sound Artists: Erik Lawrence (Bass Flute & Baritone Sax), James Johnson III (Drums & Percussion), Eli Namay (Bass)

Pearl Arts Movement + Sound

Gallery

Performance art on a stage with a yellow backdrop. Two figures, one lifting the other in an embrace. Both are dressed in black, with white socks visible on the lifted figure. Stage floor reflects the warm light. Performance art installation with a figure in a patterned suit center stage, bathed in blue light. A lush, green and gold abstract projection serves as the backdrop, viewed by a silhouetted audience. Group portrait of ten diverse individuals standing in a line against a backdrop of projected blue and white abstract shapes. The subjects are dressed in casual clothing, some with arms around each other. Performance art piece with silhouetted dancers in black against a white backdrop with projected shadow patterns. Audience members sit in the foreground, bathed in warm orange light.