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

What can you build on land that keeps moving

Exhaust our bodies
Purge your humiliations
from our muscles

What can you build on land that keeps moving

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

Throw heavy things
Carry heavy
Densify
Compress
Replace narratives with muscle memory

(transcript and translation of text read during performance in French, text by Anouk Verviers)

This work was performed during the Pauline-Desautels prize ceremony at CIRCA Art Actuel (Montréal CA) in June 2024.

'The Pauline-Desautels Award 2024 is awarded to Anouk Verviers' on CIRCA Art Actuel's website

Write to me for a link to the full video documentation

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