INSTALLATIONS
© 2019 Alyag Malkhassian
miwa, i…
Miwa, I... is an interactive installation inviting us to face our mirror reflection while soundscapes and voices occupy bodies in order to make and hold space for an intimate journey of collective Black healing.
Daring to look at my reflection with love, what do I see?
Installation part of the no.03 group exhibition at the VAV Gallery in Montreal. November 16th to December 7th, 2019.
© 2020 Anne-Audrey Remarais
seeing and be-coming
seeing and be-coming is an interactive installation inviting viewers to embark on an embodied experiential journey through a video projection and a space dedicated for personal and collective reflection.
With healing as an ongoing process, perhaps confronting shadows can include a dance with ourselves, with love as music rather than pain?
Installation part of the no.03 group exhibition at the VAV Gallery in Montreal. November 16th to December 7th, 2019.
VIDEO ESSAYS
GOLD RING
GLIMPSE OF OPACITY
PERFORMANCE
© 2018 Philippe Teixcyr
YUNI - U & I
Yuni - U & I, is an interdisciplinary performance using theatre, media, and movement to tell stories of two queer femmes of color, Sina and Oma, who represent parts of us. The performance follows them both on a self-discovery journey. A collective creation, from Sam Nyinawumuntu and myself, where the process of creation allowed space for our stories to come to the surface. What emerged was how we ran away from ourselves, meaning the various parts that make us who we are, including the anxieties, passions, drive, migration journey, hold of ancestors, trauma-patterns and laughter. It enabled us to see and look at them, as well as to learn to accept their presence. The piece is a healing process, emphasis on process as it is a continual work-in-progress.
My roles included: dramaturge, performance-making workshops design and facilitation, co-creator, director, performer.
© 2017 Eli Farinango
quest in my head
Quest in my Head is a solo play exploring identity, culture, family, fear, and shame. Maïla is on a quest, trying to understand how they were manifesting themselves in her life. Dissecting thems leads her to dive into the shame living in her body, peeling its layers, one at the time. This was created out of Performance Artist Development Initiative Residency at the Watah Theatre under the mentorship of d’bi yound anitafrika.
POETRY
sELECTED POEMS
A selection of poems, updated sporadically.
spoken word poetry
A few shots of various spoken word poetry performances.
DRAMATURGY
© 2020 Anne-Audrey Remarais
no walls within
This 2-day-weekend intensive workshop’s objective was to enable the breaking of walls we hold between ''me, myself, and I'', inspired by theatre exercises and Theatre of the Oppressed games to create short performances collectively.
The first workshop explored character development based on participants’ own story where vulnerability was challenged by outside forces. The second workshop’s focus was on exploring how vulnerability - its meanings, blocks, and hopes - feels in the body; embodied listening and communication; bridging words with movements; creating collaborative performances; and mostly...embracing processes!
© 2020 Anne-Audrey Remarais
Dialogue with the self
A performance-making workshop using a text-weaving technique to guide participants in writing a letter to themselves, using their own voice as well as inspiration from BIPOC authors, and to perform it in an intimate setting. What are you holding back? What do you need to say? What do you need to hear? An empowering evening of tangible self-care; exploring the power of words, using them as a tool for accountability in speaking kindly to ourselves, and performing them for each other.
© 2019 Jessica Slipp
my voice as thread
This was a performance-making workshop using a a text weaving technique focuses on process as a continuous action of reality-making. BIPOC’s narratives around our experience are often denied, erased, brushed off and countered with "data, records, documentation’’ upheld by white western narratives. This workshop aims to shift the focus by centering BIPOC voices, bringing the invisible (thoughts, healing, experience, feelings, ancestral knowledge) forward while highlighting its importance and power. A mix of writing, performance sharing and discussion.