Panic in the Labyrinth Performances
Event Information
Description
Panic in the Labyrinth is a series of performances that transgresses the traditional poetry reading. Drawing its title from an Adrienne Rich poem and conceptualized by multidisciplinary artist Annie Wong, the series imagines an outdoor stage for performative poetics to unfold, where the act of women speaking aloud and the experience of listening to women are politicized gestures of asserting and affirming presence and holding space.
“A Choir of Demands and Desires On Repeat” is an ad hoc choir recalling, reminding, and repeating the demands made by non-binary, trans women, cis women, and feminist movements across geography and history, while “We’re Winning So No Comment” is a reading of misogynist social media comments interrupted by award speeches of inspiring women.
“A Choir of Demands and Desires On Repeat” and “We’re Winning So No Comment” is created in collaboration with and performed by Faith Arkorful, Fiona Raye Clarke, Hanan Hazime, Lasasha Nesbeth, Angela Sun, and Rebecca Zala.
Doors Open 6:30pm Performance at 7:00pm
This event is part of the Community Arts Space: Recent Histories
Presented by TD Bank Group
Inspired by the transformative aspects of ceramics, both real and metaphorical, the Community Arts Space is the Gardiner’s incubator for arts-based community projects. In collaboration with local artists, designers, and collectives, the Museum will mount five public projects that examine how cultural knowledge is passed on or performed, and the role of a museum in cultivating the so-called lived and living memory. Join us for free art workshops, performances, talks, and more all summer long.
Accessibility
The Gardiner Museum is wheelchair accessible with wheelchair accessible washrooms.
Subway/Bus: From Bloor-Danforth Line — St. George Station is the closest fully accessible stop to the Gardiner’s main entrance. Take elevators to street level at the Bloor Street and Bedford Road entrance. Go south on Bedford to Bloor. Then east along Bloor to Queen's Park. The Gardiner is just south of Bloor on the east side of Queen's Park. From Yonge-University Subway Line — Museum Station is the closest subway stop to the Gardiner's main entrance. This stop is not wheelchair accessible.
Please visit our website for full accessibility information.
