We’re busy getting everything ready for Visualeyez which is coming up next week, starting on the 13th. This week we’ll be launching the full details of performances and the schedule on visualeyez.org but first, before all of that, we have a special request from one of the artists, to you, our audience:
Dear community of Latitude 53,
My name is Emilio Rojas, and I’m an artist participating in Visualeyez festival of performance this year, exploring on themes of worship and rituals. I want to ask everyone for your participation my piece, a collaboration with my mother in Mexico entitled , “Algunas cosas deverian de permanecer en silencio/Some things should remain in silence” which will be presented at the festival.
I’ve written to my mother, all the things that I’ve never told her, and she has written to me all the things that she hasn’t told me. Both letters were sent on March 1st, 2011, but have never been open, and remain framed in both of out rooms.
Your participation involves writing a short paragraph or a letter to your mother, with a confession of something you haven’t told her. It can be as short as two sentences or as long as you need it to be. All the text from the participants will then be translated into Spanish and read to my mother mixed with my confession. As the private becomes collective, the individual becomes faceless. These ritual of confessing will question why do we keep these things silent and what are the taboos of society which prevent us from talking about these subjects.
Your participation is totally voluntary, and your names will remain confidential. My mother will be present during the performance via skype, as an archetype and the receptor of the collective confessions.
You can send your letter, or paragraph to performancero@gmail.com. I know that this project involves a lot of trust and your trust will be honored. You can also drop or send your letter without a name to Latitude 53, with the title confession. This is a collective project that requires your participation and so far 60 people from all over the world have already participated.
ADDRESS: 10248 - 106 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5J 1H7 CANADA
DIRECTIONS: Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture is located on the corner of 106 Street & 103 Avenue on the second floor of the historic Creamery Building in downtown Edmonton. We share the building with Metro Billiards and Inner Spaces Furnishings and our entrance is located on the South end of the building. We are only 2 blocks from the Corona LRT Stations and close to bus routes travelling to all parts of the city.
grateful for your help and trust,
Emilio Rojas.
