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The Reckoning
July 8, 2023 @ 9:00 pm - July 9, 2023 @ 2:00 am
$5 – $10
As part of a three-week residency at PICA, Joshua Pether, Janine Oxenham and Helah Milroy revisit their durational performance ritual The Reckoning, created in 2021 through a creative development at PICA.
The first performance outcome was a seven-hour performance ritual that utilised First Nations wisdom and knowledge whilst also taking inspiration from Butoh, a form of Japanese dance theatre developed in response to the trauma of the bombing of Hiroshima. The development involved the performers ‘reckoning’ with themselves and geographical sites of significance to First Nations people. Pether, Oxenham and Milroy revisit their performance methodology, extending the work to a 16-hour durational performance.
Workshops take place 10am-6pm (view the PICA website for details). Performance takes place at 9pm-2am.
Witness the moment of reckoning.
Responsive to history, place and time, the knowledge of bodies access stored and hidden information. Midnight has come and so too has an understanding – we must build the monument
Witnesses are invited to experience a contemporary dance/theatre performance across five hours in the PICA Performance Space. Visitors are welcome to come and go for this part of the ritual, featuring music and sound created by improvisational musician Josten Myburgh.