CHRISTOPHER DARBASSIE

(SOUND DESIGN & EDITING, he/they) is a New York based interdisciplinary artist. The first generation Trinidadian American aims to give breath to Black people in storytelling and beyond. Interested in the discoveries of what it means to honor a life, Chris is charged to cultivate the exploration of alternate ways to exist, and in turn alternate ways to create. As a dramaturg, visual artist, and designer Chris has serviced devised works and theatrical productions in collaboration with National Black Theater, The Movement Theater Company, Criminal Queerness Festival, The Bushwick Starr, The Atlantic, Long Wharf  Theater, Theater for a New Audience., and Playwrights Horizons. Notable sound design credits include Derek Fordjour’s Fly Away at Petzel Gallery, Jeremy O. Harris’s Black Exhibition at Bushwick Starr, and Neptune at Dixon Place and The Brooklyn Museum. Wingspace 2019-2020 Sound Design Fellow. www.darbassiedesign.com