GAMETOPHYTE INC
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Mission Statement
Founded in 2002 by Dean Moss, Gametophyte Inc. is the production structure which organizes his various creative endeavors. It’s goal is to advance public interest in and understanding of interdisciplinary transcultural performance arts, artists and their practices, through performances, video projects, multidisciplinary collaborations, and composition workshops. It seeks to share new forms of experience and perception with artists and audiences, everywhere.
About This Cause
Gametophyte (ga•me´to•phyt´) the company name is from the greek meaning to marry and to grow. The word refers to the reproductive cycle of small plants that produce in true form neither flowers, fruits nor seeds, commonly called “moss”. Founded in 2002 by Dean Moss, Gametophyte Inc. is the production structure which organizes his various creative endeavors. It’s goal is to advance public interest in and understanding of interdisciplinary transcultural performance arts, artists and their practices, through performances, video projects, multidisciplinary collaborations, and composition workshops. It seeks to share new forms of experience and perception with artists and audiences, everywhere. Gametophyte Inc., based in Brooklyn, has produced performances, exhibitions and screenings of Moss’ work internationally including: The Bitgoeul Citizen Cultural Center, Gwangju Korea; The Seoul International Dance Festival; Ksirarnawa Art Center in Denpasar, Indonesia; New Visions Art Festival, Hong Kong and the FNB Vita Dance Festival in Johannesburg South Africa. Nationally works have been produced for and presented by The New York Museum of Modern Art; The Yerba Buena Center for Art; The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; The Whitney Museum of American Art; P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; The Brooklyn Museum of Art; Yale University/World Performance Project; The Walker Art Center; DiverseWorks; The Brooklyn Arts Exchange; The Danspace Project; Dance Theater Workshop, and The Kitchen. These productions have been created with the generous support of The MAP Fund; The New England Foundation for the Arts, National Dance Project; Jerome Foundation; Greenwall Foundation and The Rolex Institute among others. Residencies include the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, Arizona State University Artist Residency, a Kelly Strayhorn Artist’s Residency, the Baryshnikov Art Center’s Martha Duffy Artist Residency, Gibney Dance Center “DiP” Residency and a BRIC Arts Media Artist Residency. General Operating support for Gametophyte Inc. has been made possible in part by the Map Fund, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Build Grant, and Individual Donors.