September 23 & 24, 2023: Geary Art Crawl

Charles Street Video, 76 Geary Ave, Toronto

“Bubble Life” celebrates moments of wonder and fragility. A multi-voiced audio diary conceived in disparate locations during desperate times: seven days, seven entries, seven drastically different lived experiences. Bubble Life coalesces in song, movement, play, video, sound and music.

Together, we ask, what just happened? How we can move forward with grace and generosity?

Juliet Palmer artistic director, composer & video artist
Julia Aplin choreographer
Meryem Alaoui & Brodie Stevenson guest dancers
Andrea Kuzmich guest vocalist
Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster & Gregory Oh creative researchers

Schedule

Following our week-long workshop residency at Charles Street Video, we’re inviting the public inside our creative process with a video installation, improvised songs and dancing outdoors.

Saturday September 23

12-11 PM Bubble Life Video/Audio in CSV gallery 
2 & 3 PM Meryem Alaoui dances between the fragility of bubbles, earth & sky
4-6 PM Bubble play
6:00 PM Bubbly moves led by choreographer Julia Aplin
7:00 PM Bubble choir led by composer Juliet Palmer
8:00 PM Bubbly moves
9:00 PM Bubble choir
10:00 PM Ephemeral bubble songs with vocalist Andrea Kuzmich

Sunday September 24

12-8pm Bubble Life Video/Audio in CSV gallery 
3 & 4 PM Brodie Stevenson dances between the fragility of bubbles, earth & sky

Bubble Diarists: Cal Burgess, Toni & Ruth Howard, Tuka Yousef, Sarah Kim, Marie Kraynz, DM LaFortune, Akosua Amo-Adem, Tanya Cornfoot.

Bubble Choir: Lieke van der Voort, Andrea Kuzmich, Catherine Crowe, Dinah Thorpe, Jackson Welchner, Sylvo Frank, Chris Vrijenhoek

Bubble Dancers: Amy Norsworthy, Suzanne Barnes, Mai Duong, Catherine Moeller, Shery Leeder, Laurie Cumming, Megan Cugliari, Carolyn Shim

Thanks to:

All the bubble diarists for their vulnerability and generosity; Dr. Peter Burns for getting the bubbles bubbling; Charles Street Video for helping bring our project-in-progress to the public; Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster & Gregory Oh for creative contributions; Canada Council for the Arts for funding our creative research.