Bridging Borders, Cultures & languages Pandemic Project
International Digital Connector Series
Global Hive Labs, BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective, ChezActors & Fusion Theatre
INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL CONNECTOR SERIES
Conceived of by Jack Paterson and Denise Yvette Serna
This process based project brought artists together across the globe interested in collaborating remotely with artists of other disciplines. These digital hives share their individual practices and experiences and create something meaningful together. Global Hive Labs. facilitated process based remote creation bringing artists together from The Americas, Europe and the UK.
Artists responded to stimuli packs either as solo participants or in groups facilitated by GHL. Responses ranged from digital creations , images inspired by online questionaires, new media, to an immagined international cooking show.
Video “Dexy’s Midnight” by Flick Harrison (Vancouver, Canada)
Dancer Haley Allen responding to a verbatim reading of a poem by Nial Mcneil
INTERNATIONAL CALL & RESPONSE: THE PRESENCE OF INNOCENCE OF HOPE
As Covid 19 began spreading globally and we went in lock downs, we reached out to my friend and wonderful poet and theatre maker with down syndrome Niall McNeil.
Biuche asked him to write a poem we could share with other artists that could help inspire folks in their own art and bring us together in our various isolations. Niall wrote the beautiful PRESENCE OF HOPE.
Taking inspiration from Niall’s poem, a word, a sound, etc. artists from arrounf the world created their own woks including dance, music, new media, new writing, etc. The poem was translated into translated to French (Canada), Spanish (Ecuador), Portuguese (Brazil) and Traditional Chinese (Mandarin from Taiwan).
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