About
love, intimacy and (com)passion, in a geopolitical context
A monthly series of video, film, performance and ceremony events
thirstDays was a monthly event that took place February 2016 to March 2017 primarily at VIVO, with programs also at the Native Education College and Oppenheimer Park, Vancouver. The project, conceived and curated by artist-in-residence Jayce Salloum and coordinated by Elisa Ferrari, consisted of monthly interdisciplinary events comprised of short works in performance, film, video, ceremony or some mix thereof taking into consideration the all-embracing theme of love, intimacy and (com)passion, within a geopolitical context.
thirstDays individual program curators were Cease Wyss + Aaron Rice, Jeneen Frei Njootli + Ashok Mathur, Denise Ryner + Tonel, Irwin Oostindie + Ronnie Dean Harris, David Khang + Phanuel Antwi, Urban Subjects (Sabine Bitter, Jeff Derksen, Helmut Webber), Ali Lohan + Cecily Nicholson, Raymond Boisjoly + Jordan Wilson, Tannis Nielsen + Jenny Fraser, Dima Alansari + Cathy Busby, Henry Tsang + Diyan Achjadi, Elisa Ferrari + Stacey Ho.
Over 125 artists participated in thirstDays, including Alize Zorlutuna, Amy Malbeuf, Anahita Jamali Rad, Audrey Siegl, Ayumi Goto, Cathy Busby, Cecily Nicholson, Chandra Melting Tallow, Charlene Vickers, Diyan Achjadi, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Fred Wah, Guadalupe Martinez, Helen Lee, Henry Hills, Hildegard Westerkamp, Ho Tam, Jenny Fraser, Jude Anogwih, Jules Koostachin, Kamala Todd, Krista Belle Stewart, Lee Maracle, Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde, Lisa Arrastia, Lori Blondeau, Manuel Piña, Michael Rakowitz, Mique’l Dangeli, Phinder Dulai, Raven Chacon, Ricardo Basbaum, Rita Wong, Ronnie Dean Harris, Sandra Semchuk, Sarah Shamash, Skeena Reece, Sonnet L’Abbé, Stacey Ho, Vanessa Richards and Zack Khalil.
Events
Links to original website promotion:
No. 01 Ceremonial Activism 101: The Gifting
No. 02 ReMatriation and other ruminations
No. 05 Against Rapture; Or, Rupturing POC relations
No. 07 ‘this park of great care’
No.10 Hands Across the Sky ايادي عبر السماء
No. 12 Ooooszchhhhhht t shuffle klopp shshhhchglugluglushh
Scope and content
12 Risograph posters [designer Courtenay Webber]
160 page publication – thirstDays End Notes
Text by Elisa Ferrari, Tarah Hogue and Jayce Salloum. Photos by Brendan Yandt & Alisha Weng. Book, 12 program notes; folder by The Future.
20 hours video documentation [contact library@vivomediaarts.com]
806 photographic files
1 3-ring binder Programming Coordinator files [restricted]
Provenance
Satellite Video Exchange Society fonds.
Created at VIVO Media Arts Centre as part of Jayce Salloum’s Artist-In-Residence. Programming Coordinator: Elisa Ferrari.