Sentenced, at Brief Encounters, 2005
Brief Encounters, produced by the Tomorrow Collective, is a monthly event in Vancouver, BC, that brings together diverse artists to create an original live performance. Pairs of artists are chosen by the collective and given only two weeks to produce short experimental works.
In 2005 I was paired with painter and multimedia artist Nikki Hainstock. The result of our collaboration wasSentenced.
Exploring the history of women's work, and how language typecasts people into gender roles, Nikki and I decided to "launder" language and produce a fresh sentence, unbound by historical notions of Woman.
Sentenced was an improvised piece within a structure; reading from pages of old books written on a variety of subjects, I would chose a random sentence and transform it into a radio jingle. Hanging the page on the clothes line behind me, I would wheel the page to Nikki who stood behind a vintage ironing board. She ironed garment facing onto the page, chose a word from the sentence I had read, painted it onto the page and hung it on the line. At the end of the 10 minute work, a new sentence hung out to dry.
In 2005 I was paired with painter and multimedia artist Nikki Hainstock. The result of our collaboration wasSentenced.
Exploring the history of women's work, and how language typecasts people into gender roles, Nikki and I decided to "launder" language and produce a fresh sentence, unbound by historical notions of Woman.
Sentenced was an improvised piece within a structure; reading from pages of old books written on a variety of subjects, I would chose a random sentence and transform it into a radio jingle. Hanging the page on the clothes line behind me, I would wheel the page to Nikki who stood behind a vintage ironing board. She ironed garment facing onto the page, chose a word from the sentence I had read, painted it onto the page and hung it on the line. At the end of the 10 minute work, a new sentence hung out to dry.