Books is a performance with and about books. In collaboration with four performers, director Patrick Blenkarn uses books and bodies to sculpt an encounter of ideas ― chaos, order, labour, devotion, knowledge, and consumption. Mixing the durational and the visceral, Books opens a space for the spectator to witness and experience the all-too-human attempt to pursue and preserve stories and sense.
Concept and direction by Patrick Blenkarn Choreography by Linnea Gwiazda Performed by Brian Postalian, Nicola Rough, Montserrat Videla, and Johnny Wu Lighting by Celeste English Projection by Milton Lim Sound by Sam Ferguson
$7 Students, $10 SFU Staff/Alumni/Faculty/Underemployed, $15 General Tickets on sale at www.sfu.ca/sca
Patrick Blenkarn's recent projects have explored histories of standardization, through critiques of monolingualism, nationalism, and Western philosophy. He works in variety of media including, but not limited to, theatre, artist books, and video. His writings on political theatre and art have been published in Theatre Research in Canada, Performance Matters, and Canadian Theatre Review. His work at SFU has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
