What are we building
What have we built
Have we built
We built on ground that keeps moving
On land that is not ours

We carry your grief

Maybe you
Maybe you’ve built
Maybe you is more comfortable then we

But we need
We need we
What can you build on land that keeps moving

Exhaust our bodies
Purge your humiliations from our muscles

Share exhaustion
Connect sufferings
Feel dizzy
So much needs to be untied still

The grief of what we thought we had built

Throw heavy things
Carry heavy
Compress
Replace narratives by muscle memory

Reach exhaustion
Feel lighter
We can care
for our exhausted bodies
Learn to care
Learn to heal

Care for other exhausted bodies
Heal humiliations
Heal narratives
Try to heal
Exhaust and then maybe grieve
Exhaust and then maybe heal

(Narration in the performance's soundtrack for heaphones, text by Anouk Verviers)

Performance presented during the final event of the project Baratter les sols pierreux (Churning the rocky soils) coproduced with the 3e Impérial, centre d'essai en art actuel (Granby, CA) at the Ferme Héritage Miner farm on Saturday 20th August 2022

Video documentation of the performance available on Vimeo

CREDITS

Performer: Anouk Verviers
Sound: Anouk Verviers
Narration: Anouk Verviers
Photography: Swann Bertholin, 3e Impérial centre d'essai en art actuel
Video documentation: Estela López Solís

ACKOWLEDGMENT

The jardins collectifs de la Ferme Héritage Miner communal gardens and the city of Granby for welcoming us in this incredible place. The 3e Impérial, centre d'essaie en art actuel, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec art council (CALQ), Canada Art Council (CAC) for supporting this project and this event.

RELATED PROJECT

See Baratter les sols pierreux (Churning the rocky soils)

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