Terraform
TERRAFORM is an Aerial Performance to embody the realities of dealing with systemic violations of womxn’s rights. This piece, a rebirth of horror. A reimagination. To liberate taught contortion, is to place the body centrally. Gilded. Drenched in the light of a new day.
Joey is an aerial hoop artist and advocate who uses dance, form, movement and soundscapes to express the horrors of reporting sexual assault to a patriarchal justice system and the blind spots held within. She transports the viewer into the mind of a survivor navigating ‘fight or flight’ and journeys towards embodying her liberation.
“We dance for bodily orientated movement, deliberate placement to hear our bodies holding hurt, figure the truth in trauma and value its vulnerability. This is an exercise of freedom, to fly and transcend; The grounding, goldening, galvanizing of our autonomy."
This piece is accompanied by an exhibition informed by the movements in the dance and paralleled by the horrors of navigating a corrupt system someone reporting sexual assault may experience, expressed through the refuge of Art.
“We have chosen each other
and the edge of each others’ battles
the war is the same
if we lose
someday women’s blood will congeal
upon a dead planet
if we win
there is no telling
we seek beyond history
for a new and more possible meeting.”
- Audre Lorde
Collaborators:
Soundscape with Samara Alofa featuring 'Rain', an orchestral piece created by Daniel Ly and Kyle Glass
Costume Design with Stacey Rose
Photography by Synthia Bahati
Special thanks to the Medusa Collective
When:
5th March: 7pm - 9pm
Where:
The Ever Room
Level 2/203 Karangahape Road, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010
Duration:
Aerial Performance Dance to launch.
Exhibition available to view until 9pm.
Tickets:
$20 - General
Accessibility:
This event is not accessible for Deaf or HoH audiences
This event is accessible for wheelchair users with assistance
No lockout
Content Warnings:
16+
Tackles themes of sexual violence and misogyny
Contains sounds of gun fire