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Threading Echos (working title) is a new performance, currently in the research and creation process. A collaborative effort between Shion Skye Carter, and Ontario based artists Mayumi Lashbrook and Hitoko Okada, the work shares the history of ‘shifu’ (fabric woven from washi paper thread called ‘kami-ito’) through movement and storytelling, expressing from a Japanese Canadian perspective how we connect to this time-honoured, hands-on practice from 6th century Japan in the present day. Conjuring ancestral presence through soft gestures, gestural tableau, and shadows, the inspiration of cultural heritage craft on this embodied performance is a calming reminder to release our nervous systems from the consumption-driven system that we are embedded in.
Creation/Performance: Shion Skye Carter, Mayumi Lashbrook, Hitoko Okada
Lighting Design: Hina Nishioka
Production Design: Wakana Shimamura
Special thanks to Katie Cassady for her role as dancer, and Prince Shima for providing music composition in the initial research process for this work.
Photography: Wakana Shimamura