i am an artist-researcher working with theatre, video, ceramics, and sound exploring bodies that experience other ways of being in the world, dysfluent languages, and time that bends.
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BIOGRAPHY AND CV
i am an artist-researcher working with theatre, video, ceramics, and sound exploring bodies that experience other ways of being in the world, dysfluent languages, and time that bends.
PROJECTS
STUDIO
GLOSSARY
BIOGRAPHY AND CV
collage cut drawings by winnie truong. graphic
design by vicky lee.
THE DESIGNTO FESTIVAL + CRITICAL DISTANCE GALLERY
jan 28, 2027
doors: 6:30pm
start: 7:00pm
an exhibition
GALLERY TO BE ANNOUNCED
mar 11 - apr 24, 2027
an interdisciplinary dance-theatre performance
THE NANCY & ED JACKMAN PERFORMANCE CENTRE
jun 10 - 13, 2027
in advance of the dance-theatre premiere, you are invited to preview the project’s soundscape. first, during a deep listening session at critical distance gallery on january 28, 2027. then, at an exhibition at a gallery to be announced from march 11 - april 24, 2027.
a deep listening session
you are invited to encounter the tension and joys of disabled speech by listening to a 30-minute soundscape in silent disco style, followed by a conversation with the soundscape’s co-creators graeme dyck and jennifer lindsay. this session will be accompanied by animation by winnie truong and it will run for one night only.
after listening to the soundscape as a group, graeme and jennifer will share how the soundscape came to be and where it is going. then, they will open the conversation to explore your sensory experience with the soundscape, as well as possibilities of disabled speech. as a group, you will be invited to consider: what does disabled speech sound like? what does it create? how do you (speak) like a palace?
get your tickets here.
this session is part of the designto festival and will be hosted at critical distance gallery. critical distance is located inside 401 richmond street west in suite 122. 401 richmond is a wheelchair accessible building with ramps at both richmond street doors, an elevator to all 5 floors, and accessible washrooms throughout. during the deep listening session, you will have access to an automatic door, fidget toys, ear plugs, headphones, and light refreshments. the deep listening session is a relaxed environment, meaning you can leave and come back anytime. if you would like to discuss your accessibility needs in advance of your arrival, contact me.
an exhibition
details to be announced soon. in the meantime, preview the soundscape trailer here:
an interdisciplinary dance-theatre performance
currently in pre-production, HOW DO WE (SPEAK) LIKE A PALACE is an interdisciplinary dance-theatre performance project that aims to facilitate a multi-sensory inquiry into the sounds, sights, and felt sense of aphasia and similar forms of disabled speech. premiering at the nancy and ed jackman performance centre in toronto from june 10 to june 13, 2027, it incorporates sound, visual art, and dance.
aphasia is a neurological communication difference that includes trouble with word finding. within the medical field, aphasia is sometimes described as “empty speech”, because a speaker’s sentence might pause in silence during a verb or a noun. similar forms of disabled speech include stuttering, tourette’s, non-verbal autism, as well as differences in comprehending, organizing, and making sounds.
you are invited to become immersed in four worlds of disabled speech. each world opens with the sound of a bus, a passenger asking a question, and a pause, followed by water in the first world, earth and wind in the second world, an electroacoustic composition in the third world, and a combination of all sound cues in the fourth world. all sound cues overlap with language-based field recordings.
these worlds encounter a body with disabled speech for the first time, unmake it by unlearning coping strategies invested in cure, delight in it with euphoric embrace, and reimagine it with tenderness and possibility.
for project updates like soundscape previews, collaborators, and upcoming workshops, return to this web page, follow me on instagram, and join my mailing list.
writer, director, and producer: jennifer lindsay
choreographer: patricia allison
performer: stephanie harkness
composer: graeme dyck
visual artist, set designer, and animator: winnie truong
creative technologist: dan tapper
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