Intimate Karaoke, Live in Uterine Hall
Cabaret karaoke where participants are invited to sing karaoke into a mic fed into Danya McLeod's uterus.
Attended 15 August, 2018. Toronto, ON. SummerWorks
Attended 15 August, 2018. Toronto, ON. SummerWorks
Created and Performed by: Danya McLeod
Intimacy as a method of connecting with an audience is central to my performance practice. Uterine Concert Hall features my uterus as the scene of the performance and the instrument of its production. Equipped with an internal speaker, my vaginal canal acts as the stage for the audience of my uterus. External concertgoers are invited to eavesdrop via stethoscope, on the faint echoes of the recital through the very flesh of my body. Like showing up to a concert and listening from outside the venue, this piece purposefully excludes external listeners while engaging with feminist performance practices of intimacy.
McLeod's work foregrounds and complicated questions of access and autonomy well beyond invitation, display and the visual. Her work demands better forms of sociability, where individual autonomy is inseparable from touch, contact, consent and creation.
Intimacy as a method of connecting with an audience is central to my performance practice. Uterine Concert Hall features my uterus as the scene of the performance and the instrument of its production. Equipped with an internal speaker, my vaginal canal acts as the stage for the audience of my uterus. External concertgoers are invited to eavesdrop via stethoscope, on the faint echoes of the recital through the very flesh of my body. Like showing up to a concert and listening from outside the venue, this piece purposefully excludes external listeners while engaging with feminist performance practices of intimacy.
McLeod's work foregrounds and complicated questions of access and autonomy well beyond invitation, display and the visual. Her work demands better forms of sociability, where individual autonomy is inseparable from touch, contact, consent and creation.
Awards & Press
"A very brave, and fun, way to explore music!" - iheartradio
"Her work uses humour, and capitalizes on exploiting the body’s social and material conditions using cabaret, duration, single-channel video, and installation practices." - OFFTA
"Her work uses humour, and capitalizes on exploiting the body’s social and material conditions using cabaret, duration, single-channel video, and installation practices." - OFFTA
Presentations
OFFTA: Montreal, QC 25-26 May 2019
SummerWorks: Toronto, ON 15 August 2018.
Tang Teaching Museum: Saratoga Springs, USA 8 June 2018
Studio XX: Montreal, QC May 2018
Monument-National: Montreal, QC 11 November 2016
Foundrie Darling: Montreal, QC 28 July 2016
SummerWorks: Toronto, ON 15 August 2018.
Tang Teaching Museum: Saratoga Springs, USA 8 June 2018
Studio XX: Montreal, QC May 2018
Monument-National: Montreal, QC 11 November 2016
Foundrie Darling: Montreal, QC 28 July 2016
