Alright everyone, so Radical Vulvas Ottawa is back this summer and raring to go! This year's night of epic innovation, communication and creativity will be held on August 14th at the one and only Mercury Lounge in the Byward Market.
But right now, we are looking for performers and artists!
Are you interested in performing in contributing to this summer's Ottawa RadVulvs? If so, please email radicalvulvasottawa@gmail.com - we would love to have you!
Here is some of the information written in the performer call-out last year; we are looking for the same type of submissions as last time, as it was a great success!
"The Radical Vulvas" originated in 2007 in Halifax, at the Dalhousie University Women's Centre. It is a community response to the vagina monologues: a play that started a necessary dialogue that should absolutely not end there, or be limited only to a certain kind of woman, or limit itself to women at all. The Radical Vulvas aims to be a multi-disciplinary art and discussion forum, enabling further discourse about women's experiences and gender issues.
As such, we are inviting anyone and everyone to express themselves, through any medium (song, monologue/dialogue, poetry, visual art, dance, performance, etc) on the subject of women. As a "write your own" production, the Radical Vulvas is whatever the community makes of it. Since its original performance in Halifax, it has been performed in Victoria, BC, Montreal, and here in Ottawa last summer as well! We hope that this summer's incarnation will be an empowering evening of respectful communication and a celebration of women everywhere.
The event itself will take place on August 14th at 7:00 PM, at Mercury Lounge in the Byward Market. If you would like to perform or participate, that's wonderful! We are accepting submissions by email until July 30th. Please send either a copy of your text or a sound recording to radicalvulvasottawa@gmail.com. If your piece does not include text, or if the bulk of the piece is made up of some other element, a description of your piece and what you are communicating would be ideal. You can perform original work or someone else's work, or they can perform yours; whatever makes you feel comfortable. We would also like to include the visual arts at the Ottawa show, and are looking to display paintings, photography, etc.
Performance submissions should be under ten minutes. If you are interested in performing but are unable to meet the July 30th deadline, please contact us anyway, as soon as possible, so we can do our best to include you! Questions or comments can also be directed to us via email.
Thank you!
Alison Hunt and Hannah Morrow
