Tag: performance art

Performance in My Home Community!

Artist Emily van Lidth de Jeude wearing a black t-shirt with wings on the back, and with a large QR code pinned to the back of her shirt. The QR code leads to a webpage that explains the (dis)robe: Hospital Gown project.

I'm so happy that the (dis)robe: Hospital Gown piece I made last year will be on display this autumn in Vancouver, but meanwhile… I get to wear it to an art event in my hometown, tonight!! This is will be the first time I've shown it locally, and I'm REALLY nervous. This piece is all about my disability, and to say people roll their eyes when I talk disability is an understatement. But this piece features other people from our community, too, so it's time to REPRESENT!!! Here I go! 

Off to the Bowen Island Community Centre. 🙂

Will update this post with a photo, later, if someone takes one. 

UPDATE:
It was a pretty quiet event, but nice to meet some other artists and visit with friends. I think only one person scanned the QR but that's OK! Here are some photos from before I actually put the gown back on and went inside…

A photo of a blue hospital gown covered with the faces of over 300 Long Covid patients, hanging from an IV pole, standing on the concrete patio outside a building that says Bowen Island Community Centre. Artist Emily van Lidth de Jeude is lying on the ground, wearing a red lumber jacket, green pants, and with a QR code pinned to her back.
A different view of the blue hospital gown covered with the faces of over 300 Long Covid patients, hanging from an IV pole, standing on the concrete patio of the Bowen Island Community Centre, with planter boxes and a road, behind it. The back of the gown is now visible, where a long train made of a hospital blanket is attached to and covering a wheelchair. The train is covered with the names of common symptoms of Long Covid, and is attached to the back of the gown with a pair of white fabric hands. Artist Emily van Lidth de Jeude is lying on the ground, wearing a red lumber jacket, green pants, and with a QR code pinned to her back. She is wearing a crown made of hospital blanket, blood vials, and covid testing kits.

Thanks to my partner Markus, not only for these photos, but for always supporting me both in life and in art. If you're wondering where that QR code points, here's the link: https://emilyvanartist.noblogs.org/qr/