Briana Pickens is a writer and classically trained dancer working at the intersection of a literary and performance practice. She received an MFA in Interdisciplinary Literary Arts from Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She’s interested in multi-dimensional prose; in language as material; and in engaging both her body and that of the reader—she’s looking to choreograph text. Her work is an exercise in designing poems that can interrogate space and ultimately, perform.
Select Publications and Performances
Ballistics
with BSA Gold
with BSA Gold
Activation IV: Iteration(s)
South Side Community Art Center
Chicago Architecture Biennial
Chicago
South Side Community Art Center
Chicago Architecture Biennial
Chicago
OMNI
with Jared Brown
The Poetry Foundation
Chicago
with Jared Brown
The Poetry Foundation
Chicago
Teaching
Brown University
Providence
Providence