We are three individuals who create together with an aim of making something useful,  something that not only reaches out but invites people in. We are based in Toronto but come from smaller communities — St. John’s, Newfoundland; Baddeck, Nova Scotia; Huntsville, Ontario. We like art and we like people and ideally we would like to be in a room with you — in fact, we made a performance work called what remains so that we could be in a room with you. Now in a new context, we offer what remains: for you as a means to find you where you are, whether you live in a large urban centre or communities like the ones we come from. In a disconnected time, we are imagining how we might build a connected future, how we might use art as an accomplice in finding common experience and common ground.

Concept, text, design, and images by
Tina Fushell, Molly Johnson, and Meredith Thompson

Sound recording voiced by Meredith Thompson
Sound recording mixed by R Grunwald

Featuring selected music by
James Bunton and R Grunwald

LAND — This Temperament Cannot Last by James Bunton
BODY — The Canvas by James Bunton
OBJECT — Emily by R Grunwald
ENCOUNTER — The View, The Sightings by James Bunton
REACH — Fountain by R Grunwald
TIME — Age by R Grunwald
All music used with permission.

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“Dance is simply the breath made visible” is a quote by the American dance artist Anna Halprin. “The 200-Year Present” is a concept and term coined by peace researcher Elise Boulding. We came to it by way of an interview with America Ferrera and John Paul Lederach, on the podcast On Being with Krista Tippett. “Things come together and fall apart” is a variation on the words of the Buddhist nun and teacher Pema Chodron.

The ongoing growth and development of what remains in all its iterations has been supported by Nuit Blanche North, Theatre Direct, Neighbourhood Dance Works, Toronto Dance Theatre, hub14, Halifax Fringe Festival, SummerWorks, and the many individuals who have participated in and contributed to the work — we are indebted to your presence and valuable insights.

what remains: for you was made possible with the support of a Canada Council for the Arts Digital Originals micro grant.