Floating Aura: Live Expanded Cinema Performance by Ivana Larrosa

Floating Aura

This expanded cinema performance combines live projection, video, light, hair, and ritual to explore themes of healing, migration, and belonging. Created in collaboration with sixteen immigrant women on Governors Island, the work transforms filmed portraits through live interventions that merge the body with the natural elements of the island.

💇‍♀️ Hair serves as both a conductor and a metaphor for memory and identity. Through gestures inspired by rituals, light is projected onto and through the body, reconfiguring each participant’s emotional aura. “Floating Aura” proposes ritual as a collective practice of renewal, resilience, and connection.

🎥 A screening of the performance will also be available all day on Sunday, August 9.

About the Artist in Residence

Ivana’s practice integrates video, movement, sound, and natural elements in live expanded cinema performances that delve into ecology, perception, and embodied experience. Follow Ivana on Instagram

How to Get to Governors Island

Ferry Locations:

• Lower Manhattan
• Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 6)
• Red Hook/Atlantic Basin

The ferry runs every 30 minutes. You can check the ferry schedule here.

Our House

NWNY's house is located at: 410A, Colonels Row. Once you disembark the ferry, walk toward the QC Spa and continue following the street. Our house is the first house on the left.

A Day on Governors Island

There will be many other artist residency spaces and events happening throughout the island, and we encourage you to explore and visit other spaces as part of your day.

💧 We recommend bringing a reusable water bottle, as there are water refill stations throughout the island. There are several restaurants and food vendors on Governors Island, as well as beautiful green areas perfect for walking, relaxing, or having a picnic. You are also welcome to bring your own food or snacks if you prefer.