— ABOUT THE PROJECT

Capacity Building Project

Bunk #7 is a play written by the late Larry Guno based on his personnal experience of a student led riot at the Edmonton Residential School in the early 60s. The goal of the Raven Collective has been to honour the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation : to share the truth of Larry’s expériences at IRS by bringing his story to life onstage ; to work towards reconciliation by creating opportunities for and developing local Indigenous talent in Northern BC.

We were engaged as the Narrative Design Collective, a group of settlers designers, to design the show while mentoring someone from the local Indigenous community in our respective design disciplines. With the completion of our production in Terrace, our next goal is to continue our mentee’s technical training while they take the show on a regional tour of BC.

— BIOGRAPHY

Christian Horoszczak (Production design and technical arts, 2020) is a multidisciplinary designer with a predominant focus in lighting design for theatre, dance, and opera. A graduate of Queen’s University, Christian’s work is rooted in a dramaturgical approach to scenography to create a unified language through visual storytelling. Before NTS, he completed a practicum at the Banff Centre, which introduced him to the worlds of opera and dance. There he had the privilege of working in a design capacity on the development of new work with Martha Burns, Chris Abraham, and Joel Ivany. While at NTS, Christian has trained under the guidance of professional artists such as Simon Rossiter, Michelle Ramsay, Leigh Ann Vardy, Jason Hand, Cameron Davis, Alex Williams, and Andrea Lundy. He is grateful for their generosity and support. Inspired by such companies as Rimini Protokoll and Mammalian Diving Reflex, Christian is interested in creating contemporary work that explores our socially diverse world through intercultural collaboration. By highlighting and breaking down the real and perceived differences between us, we get closer to understanding the universal experience of what it means to be alive today.