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MONOMYTHS: Stage 13 Staceyann Chin is presented by FADO Performance Art Centre as a part of **This event will be ASL interpreted.** A block of pay-what-you-can tickets are being held for d/Deaf and hard of hearing patrons for this performance. These can be booked in advance by e-mailing barry@buddiesinbadtimes.com, or purchased at the door prior to the performance.
FADO Performance Art Centre and the 38th Rhubarb Festival are proud to welcome Staceyann Chin's unique voice back to the stage at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.
This is a rare opportunity to experience the powerful and provocative work of Staceyann Chin, an out spoken-word poet and LGBT rights and political activist. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Daily; and has been featured on 60 Minutes and The Oprah Winfrey Show. In 2015, she was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the 2015 LGBT History Month.
In her performance for MONOMYTHS, Chin weaves excerpts from her 2015 solo performance Motherstruck! with new thoughts and words ruminating on survival and action strategies for living in the current political situation in the USA as an intersectional life-term activist.
To watch Chin perform is to watch the very essence of poetry manifested: her performances are imperfect, volatile and beautiful. Chin's poetry is passionate and well-written, sure; but it's her ability to communicate that passion in performance that is unparalleled. She becomes the poetry. ~Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, author [Photo by Sara Krulwich] Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/1226710940698003
THE 38th RHUBARB FESTIVAL February 15–26, 2017 TICKETS Rush Ticket Policy: PWYC Box Office 416-975-8555 or http://buddiesinbadtimes.com/rhubarb
MONOMYTHS invites a diverse collection of artists, scholars, and activists to revise Joseph Campbell’s conception of the hero’s journey through performance art, lectures, workshops, and other offerings. This new assemblage of non-linear un-narratives proposes a cultural, political and social feminist re-visioning of the world. The MONOMYTHS perception of the universal journey dispels the notion of the lone patriarchal figure on a conquest to vanquish his demons–both inner and outer–in consideration of community, collectivity, and collaboration. Joseph Campbell’s influential book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) prescribes a common pattern to all of the world’s mythic narratives. According to this fundamental structure, the archetypal hero is challenged to embark on a monumental quest. Over the course of the hero’s journey, trials and obstacles must be overcome until a victory is won and the hero returns home with new knowledge about himself and the world. Campbell’s concept of the monomyth (‘one myth’) is a recognizable motif in both ancient mythology and contemporary culture, including film, music, literature, sports, and advertising. A current trend in popular visual culture replaces the male character with a female one, in spite of the fact that our heroine–from the get-go–would make different choices if the conditions, and conditioning, allowed. While each MONOMYTHS stage stands alone, the work of each presenting artist is interdependent and connected. These independent visions, when stitched together through the audience’s collective presence, form an exquisite corpse of a larger experimental narrative. The year-long MONOMYTHS project is presented in three sections starting in February 2016 and concluding in February 2017. The series is conceived and curated Jess Dobkin and Shannon Cochrane. Part 1 (February 3–7, 2016) Part 2 (May 2016–January 2017) Part 3 (February 15–19, 2017) + IMAGE GALLERY: Stage 13 + VIDEO GALLERY: Stage 13 (COMING SOON) + PORTRAIT GALLERY: MONOMYTHS + MONOMYTHS Limited Edition Perpetual Calendar |
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