Category: Live Performance
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Storytelling From VR
I’m in the thick of the creation process for my latest project, Storytelling From VR–a series of media pieces and online events that feature my fiction writing. I’ve merged two elements of my work life–writing fiction and Virtual Reality–to create this multi-layered project. I’ve been working in multiple VR spaces at once–Second Life, NEOS VR,…
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under world exhibit
These videos document my most recent installation and performance, under world. The piece features Artificially Intelligent NPCs (Non Player Characters) – twin cyber whales who live in a virtual world in the online platform of NEOS VR. These underwater creatures compose their own unique songs in real time based on their interpretations of one of…
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She,Robot
She, Robot is a one woman, one act performance piece that I recently created for Women From The Future – a project initiated and produced by Roles 4 Women and funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Black Bag Media Collective. The show premiered as one of four new works at the…
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hybrid:fusion
Coming up in August – I will be experimenting with different dimensions as I travel to the future in my latest performance piece – hybrid:fusion. Join me in my studio on August 25 and 26 at 8 PM as I explore inter-dimensional portals on a quest to reconcile the present with the future. Watch live…
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Women From The Future
This week I am working with Roles 4 Women on the presentation of Women From The Future. I’m premiering a brand new one woman piece called She, Robot – the story of a time traveling Robot Comedienne.It was great to be working with Jody Richardson again – we collaborated on the script development via the…
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Rehearsing on Odyssey
Been working this week on my latest piece The Asteroid with much assistance from my collaborator Yael Gilks (aka Fau Ferdinand.). I have multiple presentations of the piece coming up (plus a new machinima) and it’s been a delicate balance negotiating different streams and getting all the sets and props and animations in place and…
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The Asteroid
The Asteroid is a new performance piece examining themes and ideas around the relationship between technology, isolation and desire. The Asteroid saw its first presentation in December at Trinity Square Video in Toronto. This was part of a live streamed performance art event curated and presented by 7a*md8, aka the Toronto Performance Art Collective .…
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Senses Places at Open Sim Conference
Here are some images from a performance/demonstration with Senses Places in a mixed reality participatory performance environment. The event took place earlier this week at the 2016 Open Sim Conference.. Senses Places is a project by Isabel C. Valverde and collaborators. I have had the great opportunity to be a part of this project for…
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My Avatar Does Abramovic
Recently I spent some time researching Marina Abramovics’s The Abramovic Method. This research was in preparation for the performance of The Abramovic Trilogy by The Second Front. Taking a cue from the video “The Abramovic Method Practiced By Lady Gaga” my avatar went online and tried the method out for herself. The Abramovic Trilogy is a networked performance created by The…
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Virtually Yours
Last weekend I spent four days in residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island. AGP is a gem of a place, offering residencies year round in a super chill setting by the beaches on Toronto Island. Awesome people, very supportive environment – I highly recommend this resource centre to any artist needing a little…
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TrixXxie Releases
TrixXxie are gearing up to release our first EP alongside a new YouTube Channel by Roles 4 Women. The EP was recorded and engineered by Colleen Power and produced by Roles 4 Women and The Black Bag Media Collective. Here’s a link to a pre-release track – Double Murder Suicide Special release show features TrixXxie,…
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Performance Images
Streaming performance at the BBMC Studio with Mike Kean, interacting with Isabel Valverde and dancers at the HiDance festival in Rome: A few shots by Jared Reid from a perfromance at the Festival of New Dance, St. John’s: A screen capture shot from “Take Me” at the Off Label Festival in Victoria at Open Space…
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The Sauce
I got a new band (or two!). Playing tonight with my besties Mike Kean and Colleen Power and old campadre from back in the Live Girlz days, April Crocker! You can call us The Sauce. We are appearing live tonight at the Ship in St. John’s NL with Sean Panting and Sam Burke. photo by…
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Dance Me Documentation
I just received the documentation photos and video from of my performance “Dance me” (aka Submerged) from the latest Festival of New Dance. I am so happy with the way they came out! Thank you to Jared Reid, the photographer, and Neighbourhood Dance Works for providing artists with such excellent documentation! A selection of photos from…
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