Phalogocentrix   2007
Music Gallery / St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church, Toronto March 17, 2007
soundtrack composition by Jason de Couto
curated by Paul Couillard / Fado Performance Inc.

performance & installation

Phalogocentrix reflects on constructions and performativity of language that is at once gendered (phallocentric) and culturally determined (logocentric). Part calligraphy, part yoga, and part breakdancing, this syncretic ritual explores African and Asian cultural connectivities, within the theological context of a church. By bringing together traditional and contemporary cultural references, as well as trans-diasporic identities, this work is intended to further critical understanding of the relationships between race, gender, and language.

1: production still
2 - 6: performance

photos: Jason Fitzpatrick / Miklos Legrady

See "Intimate Distances" by Rinaldo Walcot

 

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