Convergence Cohort: Rituals

Join us for the second of a two-night showcase of new works in development by artists from re:Naissance's Convergence Cohort mentorship program. Bringing together performance, technology, and imaginative inquiry, this evening invites audiences to engage with the process of developing new works and connect with the artists through a talkback following the performances. This evening is meant to build connections from person to person, open up conversations about the artistic process, and explore the ideas behind these emerging works together.
Convergence Cohort: RitualsNov 21 | 7:00PMThe ANNEX, 823 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3L4
Ghinwa Yassine, Brandon Wint, and Romi Kim draw on personal and collective experiences to explore the rituals, histories, and unseen forces that shape our lives. Arrive early to experience VR works investigating sound & performance and ourselves & our environments. The evening’s performances will be followed by an talkback with the artists facilitated by Stephanie Wong.
Featured works
Water to Water: Beirut-Vancouver by Ghinwa YassineWater to Water: Beirut-Vancouver is an interactive multi-media installation and a journey between the past and the present, Lebanon and Canada. Taking as its center people’s relationship to the Mediterranean Sea, and the late 90s early 2000s era in Lebanese history, the work is an experimental audio-visual portrayal of stories from Lebanon and is co-created with the sea itself. Live-feed data of waves is used as a score for playing and randomizing sounds and images.
Is This The Dream? by Brandon Wint
Is This The Dream? is a dynamic performance of poetry, movement and dance brought together by multidisciplinary artist and writer Brandon Wint. The piece is an exploration of love, intimacy, loss and humanity through the language of poetry and prayer. In this special developmental performance, dancers Marisa Gold and Ysadora Dias perform original, heartfelt choreography underscored by Brandon's poetic depiction of the slow dissolution of a romantic relationship, and the process of reckoning with heartbreak.
The real and totally true story of Baridegi - the first Korean shaman by Romi Kim/SKIM
"The real and totally true story of Baridegi - the first Korean shaman" told by a drag king is an experimental theatre show that blends drag, video projection mapping, live interactive video and storytelling. The humorous and heartfelt show is told by SKIM, a nonbinary drag king who started their journey seven years ago in South Korea. It also includes members of the House of Rice - the premiere Asian Drag house in Canada. Introducing audiences to a realm of Drag they probably haven't heard of before, SKIM shares the myth of Baridegi, a thrown away princess to royalty that wanted a son. Through technological video art and storytelling the show shares the magic of drag, complicates ideas around family and visibilizes queer and trans Korean history.

Banner image: Photo by Ray McEachern.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.