The Opportunity
When Brooklyn’s Head Hi set out to publish their very first book, they wanted more than just a printed object—they wanted to create an artwork in itself. The subject was The Daily Mirror, a generational choreography originally conceived in 1976 by downtown dance icon Wendy Perron and reimagined in 2022 with dancer Morgan Griffin and cinematographer Babette Mangolte. The goal: translate a deeply temporal, performative work into a tactile, lasting piece of cultural memory.
The Approach
As producer and art director, I worked closely with Head Hi to shape The Daily Mirror into a double-sided flip book that honored both time periods and both dancers. I collaborated on layout, sequence, and visual rhythm—treating the page like a stage, and Mangolte’s stills like choreography frozen in time.
We embraced the physicality of the book format to echo the body’s role in the original piece: two covers, two dancers, two timelines—one unfolding narrative that mirrored itself. The result was a hybrid between archival document and artist’s object, rooted in the ethos of downtown New York’s experimental art scene.
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Moments from The Daily Mirror performance at Ace Hotel Brooklyn—where movement, memory, and print converged. First edition: sold out.
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