Acclaimed Group To Investigate 'Desires For Indigeneity' in Mahwah

MAHWAH, NJ — New Red Order, a public secret society that collaborates with self-described "informants" and "accomplices" to interrogate desires for indigeneity, is performing on Nov. 16 in Mahwah, a news release published by New Jersey Stage said.

The "highly acclaimed" group is presenting a one-night only performance, "Mergers," in the Adler Theater at the Berrie Center at 6:30 p.m.

Mergers interweaves performance works and screenings from New Red Order and Kite — an Oglala Lakhota (Native American sub-tribe ) artist, composer and academic.

The event relates to NRO and Kite’s shared interest in desires for indigeneity (quality of being indigenous) and the persistence and permeation of these desires into myths, dreams, and foundations of "so-called Americans," the news release said.

Free and open to the public, the event is presented in tandem with NRO exhibition "Give it Back: Stage Theory" in the Kresge & Pascal Galleries from Nov. 2 through Dec. 9.

Since 2014, NRO has employed media including video, sound, sculpture, installation, and performance in order to "shift potential obstructions to Indigenous growth and create grounds for Indigenous futures," the news release said.