Western Washington University Gallery, Bellingham, WA (US), Curated by Lee Plested
Lilith's Cave is a performance based on an experimental text I wrote while in residency with SFMOMA's Open Space. The text is a daoist and feminist reimagining of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in which Lilith and Eve replace Glaucon and Socrates as the characters in dialogue. The setting for this performance was at Bruce Nauman's Stadium Piece (1998-99) pictured here. Actors: Nancy Tam, Anjela Magpantay, Wardrobe: Leah Weinstein
Photo: Avyen von Waldenburg
Photo: Erik von Muller
Photo: Erik von Muller
Photo: Erik von Muller
Photo: Erik von Muller
Photo: Erik von Muller
Photo: Erik von Muller
Photo: Erik von Muller
Photo: Erik von Muller
Collaboration with Abbbas Akhavan for Nuit Blanche, Toronto (CAN) | Curated by Barbara Fischer | Programming Supervisor: Asad Raza | Production Supervisor: Stefan Lenzi
With Mes Amis Canada / Darzee; Hussein Janmohamed & singers from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music; and the Toronto performance community.
Dream Variations was a collaborative performance project and transitional framework (between evening to dawn) providing a space of retreat for visitors (guests) throughout the duration of the Nuit Blanche festival (7 pm to 7 am). Here, guests were invited to sleep, rest, or dream on cots decorated with pillows made by newly arrived refugee women (via Mes Amis Canada / Darzee) while singers from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music moved throughout the installation making improvisational and intuitive, abstract vocalizations that created a dream-like atmosphere and encouraged a resurgent, as opposed to insurgent, consciousness.
Sleeping guests at Dream Variations, a collaboration with Abbas Akhavan for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2017
One of the singers invited by the University of Toronto Faculty of Music to participate in Dream Variations (2017), a collaboration with Abbas Akhavan for Nuit Blanche Toronto.
A scene from Dream Variations, a collaboration with Abbas Akhavan for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2017
One of the singers invited by the University of Toronto Faculty of Music to participate in Dream Variations (2017), a collaboration with Abbas Akhavan for Nuit Blanche.
Sleeping guests at Dream Variations, a collaboration with Abbas Akhavan for Nuit Blanche Toronto (2017).
One of the singers participating in Dream Variations, a collaboration with Abbas Akhavan for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2017.