OFFTA 2019
sun sets + Pathetic Fallacy
Anita Rochon | The Chop
Pathetic Fallacy
Using a tempermental broadcast green screen, this piece takes on a changing relationship to weather. Landscape painting, ancient weather gods and meteorological science come together in this curious and hopeful work. Grappling with the politics of existence, Anita Rochon set herself a challenge: create a touring work where no one goes on tour. A local stand-in takes on the central role with no previous instruction.
Performance in English
Direction and text Anita Rochon
Dramaturgy Sarah Stanley
Outside eye Mark Chavez, Emelia Symington Fedy
Lighting design Itai Erdal
Projection design Candelario Andrade, Milton Lim
Production The Chop
Photo Peter Pokorny
Video teaser Jordan Lloyd Watkins
With the support of Conseil des arts du Canada, City of Vancouver
Creative residencies Farnham Maltings (UK)
Pathetic Fallacy was originally commissioned by Theatre Replacement as part of a COLLIDER residency
Sam Bourgault + Magali Casaubon + Emma Forgues + Isabella Leone + Madeline Joyce Smart + Leyla Sutherland + Eryn Tempest
sun sets
If the sunset was a song would it be an ambient drone track or a musical’s grand finale? From a lawn chair overlooking the vista, sun sets contemplates the relationships between the real and the artificial, time and the built environment. A playful and poetic collage of constructed sunsets, assembled through theatrical, virtual and imaginary means. A performance for those who have and have not watched the sun set recently.
Cocreation and performance Sam Bourgault, Magali Casaubon, Emma Forgues, Isabella Leone, Madeline Joyce Smart, Leyla Sutherland, Eryn Tempest
Game and sound design Sam Bourgault, Emma Forgues
Dance Magali Casaubon
Visual conception and direction Isabella Leone
Text and frontperson Madeline Joyce Smart
Dramaturgy and lighting design Leyla Sutherland
Choreography Eryn Tempest
Photo Sam Bourgault, Elias Touil, Camille Bédard
Video teaser Sam Bourgault, Emma Forgues, Cedric Laurenty
Creative residency Carrefour culturel de Notre-Dame-des-Prairies
A copresentation with
