Denys Blacker
January 8, 2010
Doors open at 8:00 pm
Performance starts at 8:30 pm
Reception and Ice and Fire Carnival launch party to follow
Duration: Approx. 25mins
The world has been mapped-out by mankind for centuries. Used at first as a tool for navigation and exploration, later on maps were found to be useful for invasions and warfare. In recent times the use of satellite photography has given us an abstract birds eye view of the world and the computer-enhanced images of us from above appear daily in advertisements and magazines. With our new global awareness we produce maps that lay out areas affected by sickness, drought and famine, and maps that illustrate the way the ice will melt in our all too uncertain future.
What an incredible over view we now have of ourselves as a united people living on one globe. How will we map out our lives now? Will it be connection and communication or disconnection and the resulting inevitable violence?
Parallel Worlds – The Pacific is the third in a series of five works that explore the boundaries between the physical human body and the surface of our planet; the fragility, the entropy and the beauty, and the possibility, personally and globally, to nourish or to destroy the life that we have.
Denys Blacker’s work will be extended into the Mapping Project with Regina-based performers as part of the Ice and Fire Carnival. On January 9th, a processional piece will lead into the Rider Practice Field and the World Snow Games arena.
Denys Blacker was born in London and lives and works in Spain. Her artistic practice is centred around performance art but also includes sculpture, photography, drawing and video. She has been making performances since 1984 and has shown her work in many different festivals and galleries around the world. She works alone and as a member of the International performance group The Wolf in the Winter.
As director ofGresol association, a non profit making cultural
organisation, she runs two annual performance art festivals, FEM and MAMA. For more information you can visit these related sites;
http://www.wolfinthewinter.com/
http://www.gresolart.com/webOK/node/56
http://www.gresolart.com/
Presented in conjunction with the Regina Ice and Fire Carnival and the UMBRA Project, Regina Public School Board.
Regina Ice and Fire Carnival
Following a year of hibernation and reflection, The 5th Annual Ice & Fire Carnival: World Snow Games features a unique celebration of the Saskatchewan winter. Produced by New Dance Horizons in partnership with Great Excursions, The Dunlop Art Gallery, S�k�w�wak Artists’ Collective and Neutral Ground in conjunction with the City of Regina, the 5th Annual Ice & Fire Carnival pays homage to the history of playing in snow.
With the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Torch Relay just around the corner, the Carnival introduces some new ideas and approaches in snow games not yet charted on the world map. Led by a team of artists, architects, engineers, scientists, builders and individuals who have thought and played deeply in the snow, the carnival features an eclectic platform of live contemporary and traditional arts including music,theatre, dance, sport, stories, games, and more!
The Carnival will be held Saturday, January 9th and Sunday January 10th in the Rider Practice Field, together with special activities hosted inside the Regina Field House.
The Ice & Fire Carnival highlights culture and the arts in the heart
of Regina. Partnerships have included Regina Downtown Business Improvement District (BID), Harvard Development Inc. and Regina YWCA and Great Excursions. Conceived with the intention of developing a unique event that fuses arts, culture and sport, it brings together people of all ages, cultural and athletic experience.
Attracting over 12,000 visitors to downtown Regina in 2008, the
Regina Ice & Fire Carnival is an opportunity for the Regina community to come together in celebration and exploration of what Regina’s unique winter culture is all about.
Photo credit: Ana Rita Rodrogues
