Program

Saturday, September 24

EXPOSE 18: 10:15 - 11:00PM
PERFORMANCE: KEIJUAN THOMAS
REGINA PUBLIC LIBRARY / DUNLOP ART GALLERY
2311 12th Avenue

Distance is Not Separation: She’s Hard, She Q

Keijuan Thomas – New York, USA

In Thomas’ most recent project ‘Distance is Not Separation’ – she takes us back to what it means to be a femme black person growing up playing on the street corner, waiting till the street lights came on, the street lights being a signal for the darkness coming. Both a symbol and warning sign for ones safety. The last moments before the call and response between mother/parent/queer family and child: “It’s time to come home, I’m coming.” Thomas investigates the black femme body in relation to the athletic body, thinking about value and skills. Thomas rethinks and rebalances how we see and observe sports imagery, the labor and value of craftsmanship, the hairdresser, the janitor, the ‘exotic’ dancer and how language constructs and transcribes symbols on to the black femme body. Canadian Premiere

Photo credit: Mauel Lopez