“The Yellow Umbrella—An Unfinished Conversation” is a performance that involves twelve performers engaging with yellow umbrellas. In this work, the performers all wear white surgical masks and grey dresses. They stand in a row, repeating ten gestures. They hold each gesture for two minutes and then move to the next one in a sequence.The umbrella is a symbol of protection and resistance. This performance seeks an intersection where aesthetics and politics ignite each other, exploring how symbolic and situational behaviors impact on our perception in regards to specific social movements and activism. It is relevant to open conversations about how to transform social and political landscapes through embodied gestures, examining relationships between the citizens and the place they live, between what they have lost and what they have gained in social political transformations.

This performance has been performed at MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), Montreal (2015),  SELECT Art Fair, New York, presented by The Franklin Furnace (2015),  Nuit Blanche, Montreal, presented by Art Sorterrain (2016), and Universidad de Chile, Santiago, presented by The Hemispheric Institute(2016)

Thanks: Zoe Bacchus, Kelsey Duffy, Bailey Eng, Alida Esmail, Maggy Flynn, Lucy Fandel, Brittney Gering, Olivia. Faye Lathuilliere, Natalie Montalvo, Kim L. Rouchdy, Mira Fister-Tadic, Mary Williamson, Liliana Argumedo, Lean Aron, Hilary Brown, Ann Chiaverini, Jessica Cipriano, Kristin Draucker, Julie Edwards,Marie Christine Katz,  Kim L Rouchdy, Maria Sprowls, Mira Fister-Tadic

Photo credit:  Laurence Cheveux- Courts