The Invisible Artist Carnivale | October 20 6:30pm
Join us at 6:30pm on Friday, October 20th for a free, all ages performance of The Invisible Artists Carnivale presented by Eyelevel, in collaboration with The Other Hearts Collective and Erin Ball!
ASL and visual descriptions will be provided.
“The Invisible Artists Carnival is a multi-disciplinary performance work created by Other Hearts with Erin Ball. The production focuses on a collection of rag-tag circus folk led by Patches T. Barker, Applique von Battenburg and Buttons. Over the course of the show, they make various attempts to contact The Invisible Artists (portrayed and created by Lexi, Riley Reigh, and Seeley Quest. Artists from Halifax’s Mad and Disability communities), a legendary, multi-faced figure who vanished several years ago. These attempts vary in form, from clown turns and aerial silks to cinema projection and audience participatory ritual, and ultimately succeed, illuminating in a theatrical carnival of light, music, and creative joy.”
Artist Bios:
ERIN BALL (ze/zir) is a white, neurodivergent, double below knee amputee. Erin is a circus artist based near Katarokwi/Kingston, Ontario and the artistic director of Kingston Circus Arts. Erin achieved Disability membership in 2014 and took a year off. Ze then began the process of un-learning ableism and internalized ableism and its many intersections, as well as re-learning circus arts and delving into the world of creative accessibility. Erin created a course to strive to welcome the Mad, Deaf, Neurodivergent, Chronically Ill, and Disability community into the realm of circus (and movement-based) arts as artists, audiences, etc. Erin travels internationally to perform, teach, and collaborate. Erin has been a movement-based artist for 15 years, and has co-produced and co-choreographed shows with numerous artists and access providers.
LEXI is a MAD, Queer, Neurodivergent multi-disciplinary artist based out of Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia). An experienced film and television media professional, with more than
fifteen years in the industry, Lexi is re-emerging with a focus on personal projects born out of trauma-informed therapy, that center accessibility-first interactive installations meant to empower
all, theater related to MAD pride, as well as visual art connected to how they experience time. Lexi hopes to help bring equitable arts to the beloved East Coast and beyond.
RILEY REIGN is an interdisciplinary artist, creator and activist based in Kjipuktuk, with their Masters in Musical Theatre Performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. As an actor their recent credits include Tessa in Frenchy’s: The Musical, Ben in Good Grief (TV), Syd in Hailey Rose (Feature Film), Dawn in Deeper, and Jess in I Am Not A Hero (Feature Film). As a writer and composer they recently created brainstorm, first commissioned by Eastern Front Theatre as part of their Macro Digital’s Connections. They are most known for writing and composing Here, Queer & Mentally Unclear – a semi verbatim musical about mental illness in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, first commissioned by Upstart Theatre for Dare Festival, London, Eng, and writing and co-producing the award winning fundamentals of compassionate care – online training tool. Riley Reign is also a singer/songwriting and instrumentalist and is passionate about creating dynamic original work which offers new perspectives on often avoided topics.
SEELEY QUEST is a trans disabled environmentalist, working in literary and body-based composition, curation and facilitation. who presented in San Francisco’s Bay Area 2001-14. Hir playscript “Crooked” is in At the Intersection of Disability and Drama, and first game narrative debuted for National AccessAbility Week 2020. Sie created the 2021 Rhubarb Festival’s ecological assessment, and a Queer Disabled Joy workshop for Studio 303’s 2021 Queer Performance Camp. Hir script “Modeling” has developed with Eastern Front’s 2023 Early Stages Festival. Sie inaugurated a 2021 Quebec Writers’ Federation disabled writers’ workshop, and this fall leads a workshop “Writing Futures With Resiliency.”
For more information, check out the links below:
http://eyelevel.art/invisible-artist-carnival
Other upcoming performances in the region include:
October 14th 6:30pm at Nocturne Art at Night Festival! Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney St, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4W1. Masks are required and will be provided. ASL and visual descriptions will be provided.
October 17 at 6:30 pm. ArtsPLACE, 396 St. George Street in Annapolis Royal, NS.
