Co-Lab 03: 24hrs
December 2-3, 2023 | 6:00 AM – 10:00 AM, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, 10:00 PM – 2:00 AM | FREE (RSVP)
Lobby – SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver
What is it like to be on the cusp of performance?
The students of Co-Lab explore this concept by employing an exhibition / gallery style performance where the audience can come and go, happen upon the performance midway through, or not at all. To feel what it is like to create for—and perform—multiple times a day, at ‘untraditional’ hours, to a full lobby or when no one is watching.
8 performance collaborations of 30 min each x 3 (morning, afternoon, and night)
| Morning 6-10am | Afternoon 1-5pm | Night 10pm-2am | |||
| 6:00 - 6:30am | PROUD | 1:00 - 1:30pm | Wishing Chair |
10:00 - 10:30pm | Put light to the canvas |
| 6:30 - 7:00am | pillow talk | 1:30 - 2:00pm | Personatus Sonitus | 10:30 - 11:00pm | Wishing Chair |
| 7:00 - 7:30am | Scrollin’ Thru | 2:00 - 2:30pm | Fly On A Wall | 11:00 - 11:30pm | Scrollin’ Thru |
| 7:30 - 8:00am | Personatus Sonitus | 2:30 - 3:00pm | Put light to the canvas | 11:30 - 12:00pm | 25 ways I |
| 8:00 - 8:30am | 25 ways I |
3:00 - 3:30pm | pillow talk | 12:00 - 12:30am | Fly On A Wall |
| 8:30 - 9:00am | Put light to the canvas | 3:30 - 4:00pm | PROUD | 12:30 - 1:00am | PROUD |
| 9:00 - 9:30am | Wishing Chair | 4:00 - 4:30pm | 25 ways I |
1:00 - 1:30am | Personatus Sonitus |
| 9:30 - 10:00am | Fly On A Wall | 4:30 - 5:00pm | Scrollin’ Thru | 1:30 - 2:00am | pillow talk |
WORKS
PROUD
Performers/Creators: Max Mclarnon and Sara van Gaalen
Designers: Hailey Gil and Coco Zhou
PROUD features Angelika Sloan (Max Mclarnon) and Indigo Wear (Sara van Gaalen) in a piece that remembers the history of queer music, tells tales about queer youth in the area, and reimagines the feeling of an instant connection with someone. PROUD is about recognizing queer joy and the beauty it creates.
pillow talk
Performers: Sarah Carter and Jae Gonzales
Set Design: Sarah Carter, Colleen Bayati, and Jae Gonzales
Lighting design: Colleen Bayati
Costumes: Sarah Carter and Jae Gonzales
Concept: Sarah Carter and Jae Gonzales
Turn off your brain and chill out in a blanket fort. Take a break and take comfort in an unconventional space. You can chat, make bracelets, and reconnect with your inner child. Or, if you need, take a nap! In this fort, you’re allowed to let go of your worries for a moment and just chill. Step into another world of blankets, pillows, and slumber parties!
Scrollin’ Thru
Creators and Performers: Mavrik Sun and Stephen Hass
Lighting Design and Operator: Michael Zhong
An experience in online storytelling, internet personalities, and split-screen videos. Viewers are invited to watch a live restaging of a phone screen scrolling through short-form content (reels, tiktoks).
Personatus Sonitus
Performers: TJ Tan And Katie Gherasim
Designer: Hailey Gil
Excerpt:
"what is your SkiN like"
“what colour are your EyEs”
“how many fInGErs do you have”
“what does your hAiR taste like”
“how does your heARt sound”
“what do your tEEtH feel like”
“HuMAn”
25 ways I grieve love
Artist: Oliver L. Fusio
Lighting Design: Coco Zhou
A journey of healing through movement and melody, exploring the themes of grief and love. The performance features stirring music and heartfelt storytelling, prompting hope and familiarity that love is indeed present in everything.
Put light to the canvas
Performer: Hermella Araya
Designers: Hailey Gil and Colleen Bayati
Outside Eye: Shania Smagh
A performance that blends and blurs the colours of the atmosphere and the art being created. An immersive 30 minute performance that wants to understand the immersion of art and light.
Wishing Chair
Performers: Tamara Trbaric and Angela Peng
Designer: Albina Dyusenova and Colleen Bayati
Taking pages from the “The Adventures of the Wishing Chair” by Guild Blyton, this installation emphasizes the beauty of dreams. The creators invite you to step into a magical world where you can write your wish on a colourful sticky note and place it on the heart of dreams. With Tamara Trbaric singing “A dream is a wish your heart makes” from one of the world’s most beloved fairy tales, sit in the wishing chair and immerse yourself into a world of magic.
Fly On A Wall
Performers: Inkar Julmagambetova and Chaucer Gilson
Designer: Albina Dyusenova
Someone is always watching…
Credits
Emmalena Fredriksson and Kyla Gardiner: Instructors
Bernice Paet: Stage Manager
Carla Alcantara: Poster Photography
Special Thanks to Emily Neumann & Brady Cranfield