{"id":6184,"date":"2020-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/art-apart-szepty-whispers\/"},"modified":"2020-08-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T04:00:00","slug":"art-apart-szepty-whispers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart-szepty-whispers\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Apart: SZEPTY\/WHISPERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"o-section-gutenberg -classic o-text\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>An Invitation<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My mother grew up in Soviet-controlled Poland, during a time of seismic social and political upheaval. After escaping from her homeland, she rarely spoke about her past and its far-reaching impacts. As I attempt to articulate my ways of being in the world, which have been labeled as mental illness, I find myself seeking out her silences. What can absences, ambiguities, and contradictions transmit across generations? How do these transmissions enable survival, resistance, and complicity? Below are documentary traces from my mother\u2019s life. I invite you to explore them and consider the gaps in your family history.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3><span>Documentary Traces<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CAEioEi1b24\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/c\/ecolenationaletheatre\/uploads\/zva_bank_docs.file\/Video-1_caption-text.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the video transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span>\u201cCuriosity is the first step to hell.\u201d <br \/><\/span><span><em>\u201cCiekawo\u015b\u0107 to pierwszy stopie\u0144 do piek\u0142a.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t call the wolf from the forest.\u201d <br \/><em>\u201cNie wywo\u0142uj wilka z lasu.<\/em>\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth does not caress.\u201d <br \/><em>\u201cPrawda nie g\u0142aszcze.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B8ykedlDQVo\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/c\/ecolenationaletheatre\/uploads\/zva_bank_docs.file\/Video-2_caption-text.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the video transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cListen more and speak less \u2013 too many words will hurt you.\u201d<br \/><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWi\u0119cej s\u0142uchaj, a mniej m\u00f3w &#8211; zawsze szkodzi zbytek s\u0142\u00f3w.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBetter discretion than courage.\u201d<br \/><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLepsza rozwaga ni\u017c odwaga.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j6taI5Z1_YQ\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/c\/ecolenationaletheatre\/uploads\/zva_bank_docs.file\/Video-3-Caption-Text_2.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the video transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOnly the shoe knows that the stocking is torn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTylko trzewik wie, \u017ce po\u0144czocha dziurawa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFish and children don\u2019t have a voice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRyby i dzieci nie maj\u0105 g\u0142osu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe prays under the statue, but has the devil beneath his skin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cModli si\u0119 pod figur\u0105 a diab\u0142a ma za sk\u00f3r\u0105.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\n<p><strong>Share a Family Secret<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What silences have you inherited? I\u2019m collecting family secrets for a growing digital archive. The archive includes submissions from myself, my colleagues, and other people who visited this page. To browse through the secrets or make a submission, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.szeptywhispers.weebly.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">go to the archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"fig_bnk_i_5125\" contenteditable=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/veronique-west.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" alt=\"Home Page of szeptywhispers.weebly.com\/\" data-w=\"856\" data-h=\"798\" data-r=\"1.0726817042607\" \/><figcaption>https:\/\/szeptywhispers.weebly.com\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About the Project<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This webpage accompanies an in-progress performance, <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Szepty\/Whispers<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which explores inherited silences by weaving together narrative fragments, multimedia artifacts, and audience contributions. <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Szepty\/Whispers <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been developed at<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playwrightstheatre.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Playwrights Theatre Centre<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of the Associates program. The project has also received support through the <\/span><a href=\"\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Theatre School of Canada\u2019s Art Apart initiative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bocadellupo.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boca del Lupo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riceandbeanstheatre.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rice &amp; Beans Theatre<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s DBLSPK series, mentorship with Boca del Lupo\u2019s Artistic Director Sherry J. Yoon, the Arts Club\u2019s LEAP Playwriting Intensive, and the Wet Ink Collective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below are photos from Playwrights Theatre Centre\u2019s June 2020 workshop for <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Szepty\/Whispers<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which included projection designer Candelario Andrade, dramaturg Kathleen Flaherty, stage manager Andie Lloyd, director Jivesh Parasram, and documentary production assistant Shania Smagh. To find out more about the project, <\/span><a href=\"mailto:veronique.l.west@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact me<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Photo-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"performer reading a script in front of a projection of a red, vintage bus.\" class=\"\" height=\"497\" width=\"885\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5024px) 100vw, 5024px\" data-w=\"5024\" data-h=\"2824\" data-r=\"1.7790368271955\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: photo by Shania Smagh.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Photo-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"performer speaking into a microphone in front of a black-and-white projection of a young girl.\" class=\"\" height=\"492\" width=\"877\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5024px) 100vw, 5024px\" data-w=\"5024\" data-h=\"2824\" data-r=\"1.7790368271955\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"fig_bnk_i_5098\" contenteditable=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Photo-1-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5024px) 100vw, 5024px\" alt=\"performer reading a script in front of a projection of a red, vintage bus.\" data-w=\"5024\" data-h=\"2824\" data-r=\"1.7790368271955\" \/><figcaption>performer reading a script in front of a projection of a red, vintage bus. Credit: photo by Shania Smagh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Credit: photo by Shania Smagh.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Photo-3.png\" alt=\"performer silhouetted against a projection of hand-written Polish text.\" class=\"\" height=\"620\" width=\"876\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" data-w=\"1008\" data-h=\"713\" data-r=\"1.413744740533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Credit: still from video by Shania Smagh<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Photo-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"performer silhouetted against a black-and-white projection of a woman walking towards an apartment building.\" class=\"\" height=\"488\" width=\"869\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5024px) 100vw, 5024px\" data-w=\"5024\" data-h=\"2824\" data-r=\"1.7790368271955\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Credit: photo by Shania Smagh<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This project received financial support from the National Theatre School of Canada via the <a href=\"\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart-artistic-works\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Art Apart program<\/a>, an emergency fund for emerging artists who are affected by physical distancing due to coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits Creator<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creator \u2013 Veronique West<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dramaturg \u2013 Kathleen Flaherty<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentary Production Assistants \u2013 Kathleen Flaherty and Shania Smagh<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playwrightstheatre.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PTC-Logo-2015-Colour_centred.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" height=\"152\" width=\"220\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" data-w=\"591\" data-h=\"409\" data-r=\"1.4449877750611\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong> About the Creator<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/V-ronique-West_Vignette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" data-w=\"318\" data-h=\"262\" data-r=\"1.2137404580153\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Veronique West<\/strong> (she\/they) is a settler Canadian of Polish descent, based on the stolen and occupied lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Her work spans theatre creation, dramaturgy, and education, as well as mental health peer support and advocacy. Her practice is informed by her lived experience of madness. She has collaborated with Rumble Theatre, Art with Impact, Rice &amp; Beans Theatre, Boca del Lupo, Gallery Gachet, Playwrights Theatre Centre, The Cultch, the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House, Theatre Conspiracy, Neworld Theatre, the Magnetic North Festival, Gateway Theatre, and the South Asian Arts Society, among others. She is the recipient of a Playwrights Theatre Centre Associates residency and a National Theatre School Art Apart award, as well as a winner of Tarragon Theatre&#8217;s 20\/20 Playwriting Competition. Veronique is part of Subjects of History Collective (with Laura June Albert, mia susan amir, and Alexa Mardon) and recently joined Neurotales, a writing group for mad and neurodivergent artists. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.veroniquewest.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.veroniquewest.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Szepty\/Whispers\u00a0<\/em>explores inherited silences through narrative fragments, multimedia artifacts, and audience contributions.\u00a0The audiovisual content includes captions and transcripts. 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