Les Pas de Yu | Steps of Yu
Fili 周 Gibbons, with animations and live-painted projections by Paloma Dawkins
Performed at OBORO / Festival Accès Asie, Interval 2024 residency, May 5, 2024
A 50-minute multimedia performance, incorporating 4-channel sound tape with voice, ritual movement and cello performance, video art, and live projections.
The creation of this intermedia tapestry is inspired from traditional ritual and body practices that developed under ecological catastrophes at the core of proto-Chinese history, resonating with the theme of resilience, hope and care in uncertain times.
Gallery
Press Coverage
Le Devoir (featured performance)
Thanks & Credits
Thank you to the incredible team at OBORO for their support, time and technical expertise in the week of residence prior to the performance:
Stéphane Claude - Sound consultant, sound recording and live sound diffusion
Aaron Pollard - Projection consultant
Audrey Bilodeau-Fontaine - Installation
Special thanks to the team of Festival Access Asie for the support and welcome for the performance as part of their programming, in particular Nayla Naoufal and Sarah-Yang Baud for help with editing texts.
Production support from:
Ricardo Morejon - 360 sound and video recording
Dov Houle - videography