Moon Poetics 4 Courageous Earth Critters and Dangerous Day Dreamers tells the story of animal kinship as a survival strategy to save an ailing planet. Loosely based on the Korean shamanic story of Princess Bari, the audience is taken on a guided journey through parallel dimensions, led by a host of creatures voiced by actor Samantha Lawson. This new work furthers Xa’s ongoing engagement with the powerful complexities of interspecies communication, matriarchal social structures and ancestral homelands.
Moon Poetics 4 Courageous Earth Critters and Dangerous Day Dreamers will be part of Xa's new solo exhibition at Remai Modern, Saskatoon Canada 2020 and Leeds Art Gallery 2021.
Xa is joined by writer, artist, and curator Tamar Clarke-Brown in conversation ahead of the evening’s performance.
Moon Poetics 4 Courageous Earth Critters and Dangerous Day Dreamers features excerpts from Adrienne Marie Brown's 'Emergent Strategy', Hwang Sok-Yong' 'Princess Bari' and Bruce Lee's 1971 interview with Pierre Berton (quote originally written by Stirling Dale Silliphant).
