Continuing to unpack their years-long conversation around race, theater artists Marcella Murray and David Neumann, along with collaborator Tei Blow, weave imagery, short bursts of dance, and the act of being in dialogue itself to reveal the effort needed for two people to actually be in the same place at the same time. The performance event includes an in-depth conversation with Chicago's own Mikki Kendall, author of Hood Feminism" and Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for their Rights, to kick off the museum's annual Dialogue Series, this year exploring the power of dialogue and dissent to bring us together in a fractured world.

When difference is an inextricable truth of our reality, how can the art of conversation become a strategy for survival? Is it possible to close the gaps between our perspectives through conversation, or is it more important to linger in the distances between us? Do we need to choose? How can we learn to be better listeners, to build stamina for uncomfortable conversations? How do we practice for moments when connection is of utmost importance but requires us to remain apart? How far away from someone else’s point of view are we, really?