The performance and the workshop ‘Mother The Verb’ are presented as part of EcoFutures Festival. 
Find below all the information about the events.


Mother The Verb
by Ivy Monteiro and Javier Stell-Frésquez
presented as part of EcoFutures festival

Friday 5 April 2019
Chisenhale Dance Space
64-84 Chisenhale Road, London, E3 5QZ 
7:30pm (60mins)
£12/£14 
Tickets: https://www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk/whatson/mother-the-verb/ 

“Because our nursing infants are at the top of the food chain, they inherit a body burden of industrial contaminants from our blood by way of our milk; thus are we part of the landfill, colonized.” 
- Katsi Cook, Mohawk Native American Scholar and Midwife 

Fusing dance, storytelling and audiovisual projections, Mother The Verb is a performance with an air of ritual enacted from queer, trans and indigenous/of colour perspectives. Exploring motherhood and its redemptive potential through a tender, physical language, this piece is a bold and complex study of the toxic effects produced by colonialism and ecological violence on human and planetary relations. 

Bios

Ivan "Ivy" Monteiro (Brasil) is a performance artist working across dance, music and visual arts. Their work contests gender, social and racial expectations through processes of (dis)identification and draws from ancestral and spiritual knowledges to enact futuristic scenes of redemption, reparation and healing. Ivan also goes by the name "Tropikahl Pussy", producing "draglesque" and live music performances. 

Javier Stell-Frésquez (Piru & Tigua Native American from El Paso, Texas) is a performance artist and choreographer working with a variety of dance forms including ballroom voguing. She produces Two-Spirit performance festivals and community events in SF Bay Area and holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from Stanford University. Javier also facilitates discussions and workshops on decolonial equity frameworks and Indigenous Land Acknowledgments. 

Mother The Verb is part of EcoFutures festival (4-19 April 2019), organized by CUNTemporary / Arts Feminism Queer. More info on www.cuntemporary.org 

Links
EcoFutures: https://www.facebook.com/EcoFuturesFest 
Mother the Verb: https://www.facebook.com/MotherTheVerb
Event link: https://cuntemporary.org/mother-the-verb/ 
Event link FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/306877713358241/
#MotherTheVerb #EcoFutures
IG: @hellatropikahl and @jfresquez

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Mother The Verb: Workshop
by Ivy Monteiro and Javier Stell-Frésquez 
presented as part of EcoFutures festival

Sunday 7 April 2019
Chisenhale Dance Space
64-84 Chisenhale Road, London, E3 5QZ 
Part 1 / open to all / 1-3pm £10/15 
Part 2 / for POC only / 3:15-5pm £5 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Tickets: https://www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk/whatson/mother-the-verb-workshop/ 

Rooted in queer and indigenous/of colour worldviews and lived experiences, this 2-part workshop offers the space for participants to complicate the concept of motherhood in relation to our environment. Sessions include movement exploration and discussions to counteract heteropatriarchal white supremacy.

Part 1: Ain’t I Your Mother?

How does care in our chosen families and queer communities relate to the relationships we have with our own gestational mothers? By considering how “motherhood” can transcend biological bonds, from Earth/Creatrix to creature, we’ll explore how various kinds of ‘mothering’ mirror the relationships we have with Mother Earth.

In this workshop, Javier and Ivy will share their inspirations for ‘Mother the Verb’, including how it connects to their own Indigenous and Latinx matriarchal roots. Participants will be working with the gaze, improvisational movement and text. 

// 15min break between parts (snaps to our white allies/accomplices for kindly stepping back from Part 2 of the workshop) //

Part 2: Urban Ecology for POC: Designing Our Own Seat at The Table

Ever felt like your people have already weathered an apocalypse? Want to be appreciated as a keystone species rather than a pigeon holed as a niche creature? As the global climate increasingly disturbs both economies and habitats, we want to reflect on how diversity in work spaces and institutions is as valuable as biodiversity on the Earth. 

Join Ivy and Javier in re-framing tokenism through ecological forms of relationship reflected in Indigenous worldviews. Come with questions and curiosity to delve into crowdsourcing strategies, tips, and paradigms to seize the unique agency that ‘tokens’ have. Through a facilitated dialogue format, participants will be able to compare notes, and get vulnerable in a safe(r) space.

Links
EcoFutures: https://www.facebook.com/EcoFuturesFest 
Mother the Verb: https://www.facebook.com/MotherTheVerb
Event link: https://cuntemporary.org/mother-the-verb-workshop 
Event link FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1106509672853965/
#MotherTheVerb #EcoFutures
IG: @hellatropikahl and @jfresquez

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Festival: https://cuntemporary.org/category/projects/ecofutures/ 

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