Homeless Garden Project
Performance Installation by Dagmara Bilon
commissioned by ProCreate Project, Oxytocin Event
in conjunction with the Science Gallery
St Thomas Square, London 20th of May 2023
Photo by Manuel Vasson
In the cracks of London, amidst the rowdiness of city life noise and hard concrete walls, a group of 13 women engage in the symbolic act of birth. Fleshy juiciness vibrates, breathing in a collective dance. The genesis of this garden lies in the shared experience.
'The Homeless Garden' features soil, plants, and breath featuring somatic poetry that shines a light onto the birthing body, community, and belonging while collectively ‘ birthing’ a garden in the city jungle. The performance happening took place on the 20th of May 2023 as part of The Oxytocin Festival and was co-produced by the pioneering organization Procreate Project that aim to create a platform for interdisciplinary critical art practices,
intersectional feminist theories and health/maternity services.
Credits:
Artist and Choreographer: Dagmara Bilon
Performers: Teresa Albor, Gabriela Avilés,Alexandra Baybutt, Violetta Linares Bowles, Giovanna Maria Casetta, Rawlene Evelyn, Barbara Grunwald, Sasha Johnson, Christelle Lafille, Katharine Meynell, Eliana Rico Peracchio, Roisin Salmon, Hannah Simons
Soundscape Artist: Sarah Bear
Sound Post production: Prasanth Visweswaran & Dagmara Bilon
Photos by Manuel Vason
Filmed by Michel Spiegel
Commissioned and co-produced by @Procreate Project
Supported by @The Place London Contemporary Dance School as part of their Outside Encounter Commission
Kindly funded by the arts council England
