SOAK Live Art present: An evening of Deep Sea Performance
Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soakliveartcic/2122595
Skywater, Facewater, Underwater Waltz (8pm)
Devised and performed by Karen Christopher, Tara Fatehi and Jemima Yong
Whale Fall (7.30pm)
Devised and performed by Sarah Blissett
'Skywater, Facewater, Underwater Waltz' is a live performance combining movement, text, song, sound and objects to explore flow, adaptation and ways of sensing the world, evoking ideas related to deep sea cultures and the environment.
Karen, Tara and Jemima have devised, directed and will perform the work. They have come together to wiggle, jump, dart, glide, cogitate and sing about our present condition as a way of thinking about what and who we live alongside. Murmurations, recitations, proclamations and evocations take the form of dance, song, disguise, protest and celebration, and woven throughout the piece is an extensive list of everyone the show is “for”.
Thinking through the lens of the deep dark sea, we are answering who and what performance is for and how we might foster generative thought about climate adaptation and living with difference among the vital forces of this planet. We are stardust but we are also fish.
'Whale Fall' is an unfolding dialogue with a whale bone through text, sound and movement. The piece explores how new bodies form in places of oceanic darkness.
In April 2025, Sarah found a whale bone at the Plymouth Fisheries. Over the past year, she has been tending to this object and considering bodily entanglements between humans and whales. The performance begins to tell the story of this conversation between bodies through cycles of decomposition and regeneration. It asks what happens when whale bodies come to rest at the bottom of the sea and what emerges from the depths.
The performances will be followed by a post-show discussion. There is an accompanying workshop on Saturday 18th April at The House.