Tiohtià:ke/Montreal
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Projects
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Autoethnography
identity based research creation
Since a marking event that compelled her to re-evaluate the
place of her adoption in her life, An-Laurence has used art and autoethnography
to explore her identity and find meaning in her adoption experience.
Related works :
Approchez, je vous raconterai ce que j'ai oublié (web piece/performance, 2020) ~> web version here
Confidences en trois temps (audio-visual installation, 2018) ~> see it here
Émergences (f.pl.) ~ 2019
Émergences (f.pl.) was a concert and commissioning project, produced and led by An-Laurence, that took place 2019.
The project commissioned 5 emerging women composers to write new pieces for "twice as if" (Sara Constant & An-Laurence Higgins),
and culminated in performanes in Montreal (Galerie Le Livart) and Toronto (Canadian Music Centre, TO). The pieces created incorporate
improvisation, visuals, text-score, electronics and/or theatrics. The composers/pieces commissionend :
Véronique Girard (entre les lignes),
Gabrielle Harnois-Blouin (points de rencontre),
Shelley Marwood (Towards Chaotic Neutral),
Thais Montanari (la désintégration de la culture),
Lieke van der Voort (Thought Replacement Worksheet).