Scream choir
performance
2014
Co-creators: Sarah Wendt and Coral Short
Performed at Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, Montreal, Que.
OK Quoi!? Contemporary Arts Festival, Sackville, N.B.
Art in the Open, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
The piece is comprised of a large group of people standing in the formation of a traditional choir. Instead of sung notes, they blast the public. The screamers pour out emotions of anger, pain and more, in tonal yells and primal screams. This cathartic work releases pent up rage against the frustrating capitalist patriarchal machine. This sound ritual aims to be a transformative experience for both performers and audience.
Hemispheric Institute production credits:
Conductor: Sarah Wendt
Producer: Coral Short
Photographer: Nikol Mikus
Videographer: Shayo Detchema
Sound: Alvis Kernel Parsley
Assistants: Russell Louder and Felix Foxglove
Mentor: Kathy Kennedy
Curators: Stephen Lawson and Shauna Janssen
For Hemispheric Institute Encuentros