An inquiry into the history of the land that the Fine Arts Gallery of the University of Alberta occupies, assisted by gallery visitors.
Audience-Interactive
Bodies in the Land
This durational performance was designed to draw attention to the multitude of people who have occupied this land before us. We tend to focus on history that is within living memory, failing to remember the legions who have gone before. And yet what we know of the world today has been imprinted and altered by them.
Chornobyl
From sunrise to sunset I read aloud an account of the 1986 meltdown at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. It provided an opportunity for conversations with the audience about related topics including the war in Ukraine, the climate crisis, and nuclear power.
As Vidas Que Raramente Notamos (The Lives We Rarely Notice)
What do we neglect to pay attention to, as we rush through our days?
Don’t Think!
What do you worry about in the darkness of night when you can't sleep?
Collecting Voices
Visitors wrote letters describing their lives in 2006, to the future citizens of Victoria one hundred years in the future. Whispering voices filled the room, asking the questions that we imagined people in the future might wonder about our lives today.
Video vs. Memory vs. Memory
Memory tests of an event created by performers Joan Gale and Dan Lang, assisted by the audience and verified against video documentation.