Connie Morey: Hearing Voices - Performance in response to Life Stories

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Connie Morey, "Hearing Voices," 2020

photograph of performance

Saturdays, February 20, 27 and March 6 at 11am – 12pm

Downtown Victoria, beginning at Legacy Art Galleries

While the exhibition Life Stories gives space to the objects and associated memories that inhabit our lives, Connie Morey’s (UVic Alumni, MEd ’07, Phd ‘17) performed sculpture Hearing Voices explores the voices and stories of life in seemingly uninhabited spaces. As a way to extend Life Stories beyond what we see and hear in the Gallery into the surrounding downtown neighbourhood, Connie will carry a collection of abandoned spaces on her back as she walks through the streets and alleys of Victoria. Through walking, she activates spaces that are seen as inactive, exploring what it might look like to hear the voices of those who inhabit spaces deemed vacant. What is the voice of a decomposing building, of the overgrowth of nature on concrete walls, of the layered processes of graffiti on unkept structures? What are the life stories of the spaces we don’t often see?

Artist Talk: Wednesday, March 17, 7-8 pm

Online via Zoom Register online

Join us on-line with Victoria-based artist Connie Morey (UVic MEd ’07, Phd ‘17) for a discussion about her performance work Hearing Voices and her broader practice as an artist and educator.