May 5, 2024 at 8PM, at Factory Media Centre in Hamilton, Ontario: Work-In-Progress technical residency presentation of new work; “Red Light / Night Life “ as part of Factory’s &Now Residency Program
The work-in-progress multi-media performance explores emergence onstage in the world of nightlife, tumultuous love affairs, and the recognition of mortality.
The technical elements being explored while in residency at Factory Media Centre will offer viewers a chance to experience a hybrid installation/performance which incorporates projection design and motion tracking technology. The piece includes movement, exploration of different characters, and immersive set design, created in collaboration with projection designer Nathan Bruce.
A recorded performance will be presented at 8PM on Sunday, May 5th at Factory Media Centre in Hamilton, ON (MAP). The approximately 50 minute performance is free to attend.
In late May 2024 a short format video document of the performance will be presented both online via Vimeo and as an installation in Factory Media Centre’s gallery space.
This work was created in the area now known as Tkaronto/Toronto. ancestral territories of many Indigenous Nations. This includes the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, and the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is subject of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region of Turtle Island, known colonially as Canada