Open Studio Series: Mind of a Snail, SJ Kirsch and Vivian Houle

An audio-visual feast for the senses by four outstanding artists. The performance will feature visiting artists in residence, Mind of a Snail (Chloé Ziner & Jessica Gabriel), SJ Kirsch, and Viviane Houle. This work is curated by Terri Hron.
Notes from the curator, Terri Hron: We will be working on the immersive, collaborative audiovisual performance, A Voynich Manifesto, that takes inspiration from a mysterious medieval manuscript, written in an unknown language, describing and visualising plants and star charts unknown to us on Earth. Likely appearing in Europe during the destruction of commons and the establishment of private property, perhaps the manuscript was no longer intelligible within the capitalist order. For the artists of the Manifesto, it acts as a touchstone towards imagining another present and future with forms of communication and relationships long obscured or hardly recognizable.
Creating this reenchanted world are four artists whose practice and curiosity seek out as-yet unknown connections. Mind of a Snail (Chloé Ziner & Jessica Gabriel) intricately stitch sounds and handmade projections together to create multilayered stories at the intersection of puppetry, visual arts, clowning & music. Singer and sonic artist SJ Kirsch brings to life socio-politically relevant art song experiences and weaves resonant electroacoustic tapestries. Improvising composer and singer Viviane Houle translates landscapes and life into sound and scores using asemic writing and lyrical tracings.
The sharing will feature some of our first interactions and ideas for this project.
$20 suggested donation, but NOTAFLOF