Xchange Part 5 Mon, October 16, 2023 to Sat, August 31, 2024

× Through enmeshing musical and visual art on stage, the curatorial aim is to have a ‘relational tension’ created, one that offers a unique interpretation based on the blending of art mediums. In colour theory - as used by the Pointillists in the 1880’s for example - two distinct pure colours placed side by side can create the image of a third colour. The eye ‘blends’ the colours. The technique relies on the ability of the eye and mind of the viewer to blend the colour spots into a fuller range of tones.

We are attempting a conceptual ‘blending' on-stage of music and visual art, aiming to deepen our understanding of what is possible in performance. The viewer, in this case the audience, will blend the mediums.

The work is experimental and undefined as expressed within outcomes. The structure of the performances (5 in total) is intentionally set up to not have predictable results, nor to overly pre-plan or compose the two parallel forms as presented.

Part 5 features Pravin Pillay, Naomi Jason, Ruby Singh, and John Desnoyers

Pravin Pillay

Pravin Pillay is a seasoned media and performance artist as well as a dedicated practitioner of Yoga, bringing decades of experience in both artistic and spiritual disciplines to his creative practice. Pravin also serves as the Creative Director of MOVE37XR - a networked-based collective of transmedia and performing artists.

Naomi Jason

A visionary, community leader and mentor, Naomi is the founder of Dance Temple on Salt Spring Island and the Imaginelle Mystery School for Embodied Transformation.  She is a dance artist, movement facilitator, dj/music curator, qigong therapist, council facilitator and land steward.  Dedicated to cultural resiliency and empowering embodied community leaders, Naomi's work combines the creative process, embodied rites of passage and the authentic exploration of self through collective and individual mythos.

Ruby Singh

Ruby Singh is a multi award winning performer, composer and producer residing on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷ̓m, Sḵwx̱wúmesh, and sə̓íwətaʔ/Selilwitulh Nations (Vancouver BC.). His creativity crosses the boundaries of music, poetry, photography and film engaging with mythos, memory, justice and fantasy. Singh is an artist whose work is informed by sound found all around us, from the whirling planets and stars of distant galaxies to percussion of an umbrella under coastal rains, to the perpetual moving birdsong of the dawn chorus, constantly circling the globe. The richly imaginative visual textures to his sound design have found kinship in the theatre, film and dance worlds, where he has been celebrated by multiple Jessie and Leo award nominations. His distinct approach uses traditional and emergent sonic practices to create compositions that express the vast spectrum of the human experience. Singh’ artistic impulses gravitate in many directions, in 2022 he received the Lieutenant Governor’ Jubilee Award for excellence in art and music. In 2023 was nominated for a Juno award for best Global Music Album of the Year and was awarded Artist of the Year by the BC touring council.

John Desnoyers-Stewart

John Desnoyers-Stewart is an interdisciplinary artist-researcher who creates immersive installations and performances to encourage new perspectives on immersive technology and to better understand its true potential. Combining his background in engineering and art he is investigating and altering how technology shapes the body and its place in the physical and social world. His multi-user installations transform real bodies into ethereal forms and incorporate physical touch into the virtual world, encouraging immersants to see and experience each other in a new light. His artwork has been exhibited in over 30 galleries and festivals from Vancouver’s H.R. MacMillan Space Centre to Tanzahoi Hamburg. Through his current PhD research he hopes to encourage social connection and collaborative creativity by exploring positive social applications of abstract embodiment in virtual reality.

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