A Voynich Manifesto

Artists: SJ Kirsch (Vancouver), Viviane Houle (Victoria), Mind of a Snail (Vancouver)

On Curation Mentorship Project

Curated by Terri Hron (Montreal)

Mentor: Peter Hatch (Salt Spring Island)

Post-show artist chat moderated by Terri Hron

An immersive, collaborative audiovisual performance, A Voynich Manifesto takes inspiration from a mysterious medieval manuscript written in an unknown language that describes and visualizes plants and star charts unknown to us on Earth. Exploring themes of indecipherability and hidden meanings in sound, shadow theatre duo Mind of a Snail (Chloé Ziner & Jessica Gabriel), and vocalists SJ Kirsch and Viviane Houle create this reenchanted world in collaboration with Hron.

This event is part of On Curation, a two-year mentorship project led by Vancouver New Music that supports experimental and forward-thinking approaches to sound and music curation. Mentors have been paired with emerging Canadian curators with a focus on deep, one-on-one exchanges that explore new models of curatorial practice to generate accessible and socially engaged programming.

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Banner: Production photo from A Voynich Manifesto