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Habitats + Night Shadows
Saturday August 31, 2019 | 8:30 – 11 pm
When the sun sets at MOA, the shadows take over, transforming the museum into a dark and delightful world of living puppets. In this two-part evening of puppetry and playfulness, submerge yourself in a fantastical dance-circus performance and an immersive, interactive shadow installation.
Habitats, by Nayana Fielkov and Isabelle Kirouac, is an interdisciplinary performance of physical comedy, dance, circus and shadow puppetry. In this twist between Fellini and Lewis Carroll, a woman, accompanied by a mysterious white hare, travels on a dream-like journey in search of home. Habitats is a living poem about home, transformation and the interaction between humans and animals.
Following the performance, you become a part of the art in Night Shadows, a large-scale shadow installation by Heather Dawn Sparks. You’ll be awed by the stunning constructed shadow world of plasma-cut metal structures, intricate paper cuts, light projections and live silhouettes. In this intimate, interactive environment, you will help create works of shadow art by layering materials such as lace, glass, colour-changing dichroic films and handmade paper lace costumes, and animating them with movement and light. Roam, mingle and enjoy the cash bar while you play by the moonlight, deep in the shadows.
Doors open | 8:30 pm
Drinks & light refreshments | 8:30 pm
Performances begin | 9 pm
Biographies
Nayana Fielkov is a Canadian based performing artist. Beginning with scripted plays and musicals over two decades ago, she evolved through the creation and wearing of masks, into the worlds of improv and original work.
Isabelle Kirouac is performance maker from Quebec, currently living in Vancouver. She develops dances, installations and interdisciplinary performances that often integrate participatory interactions. Isabelle explores the senses, body awareness, intimacy, interspecies relationships, the notion of ritual, concepts of home, migration, liminality and their reflection on our ways of seeing.
Heather Dawn Sparks (Sparks Designs) engages collective action and inspired participation through immersive sculptural and performative works of art. Her dreamscape environments vividly bring to life forms from nature and the sublime absurdity of play.
MOA • General $25 | UBC Students, Staff, Faculty / MOA Members / Indigenous peoples $22 Performance Program