FAWN Fundraising for Friends of Ruby & The AFC

When FAWN's Convergence Theory season finale was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown, we invited artists from the show to create their own digital media sets for an online audience. We decided to make these performances free to view, and use this as an opportunity to raise awareness and funds for two incredible charitable organisations: Friends of Ruby and The AFC. Friends of Ruby is a queer youth drop-in in Toronto that brings youth together for meals, activities, support groups and community. The AFC provides confidential, compassionate support to entertainment professionals to help them maintain their health, dignity and ability to work, including services in mental health, financial wellness and emergency financial aid.

For those who are able, please consider donating in place of what you would spend on a ticket to see a FAWN show. We are excited to evenly divide the funds raised via our digital Convergence Theory series and give it to these two important support organisations.

Thank you for being a part of this act of community!

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FAWN's final Convergence Theory performance is being co-presented by the Canadian Music Centre on July 22 at 8pm as part of their Multilocations Festival, curated by Nick Storring.

 

nature, interrupted is a new video album by music creator Dame Cook (she/her/they/them) and multimedia artist Hollis Bullock (they/he) as part of the digital edition of FAWN Chamber Creative’s Convergence Theory series. FAWN’s series aligns the expressionistic spirit of experimental electronic music (from classical and beyond), new media art and their audiences as a means of broadening the community as listeners and artists.

Cook was to perform live in FAWN’s 2019/2020 season finale, co-curated by FAWN and experimental electronic artist David Jones, which they re-envisioned for the digital environment in response to the shut-down of live performance. Cook and Bullock rose to the occasion and developed a sort of time capsule of their creative process during the first summer months of the pandemic.

FAWN's 2020/21 digital edition of their Convergence Theory series also included a stereoscopic set by Maxime Corbeil-Perron for which audiences were mailed 3D glasses to enjoy the show, followed by a 360 degree 3D animated set by Driftnote whose modular electronic music led viewers through an evolving environment that audiences could explore on their computers, tablets or phones. We're so excited to be presenting Dame Cook's and Hollis Bullock's new video album nature, interrupted with the CMC to close our season and fundraising campaign.

 

nature, interrupted can be purchased on Bandcamp .

 

CMC Presents: Multilocation is a festival offering a diverse array of cutting-edge contemporary music, celebrating the possibility for intimacy and vulnerability within limitations posed by the virtual realm. Multilocation runs online from July 12 - 23rd and includes a varied cast interpreting how to navigate present life circumstances in their own idiosyncratic ways. A derivative of the paranormal term 'bilocation', Multilocation refers to the supposed phenomenon of being in multiple places simultaneously.

Learn more about the Multilocan Festival here .

 

About FAWN :

FAWN Chamber Creative is an experimental music and opera collective that explores the intersections between art forms and audiences. Known for their daring explorations and riveting live performances, FAWN prioritizes cross-disciplinary collaboration to create new works and audience experiences that defy tradition and blur the lines between genres.

 

About The AFC:

The AFC provides much needed support to entertainment professionals when they are at their most vulnerable due to injury, illness or other personal hardship. Both compassionate and confidential, they help those in Canada’s industry maintain their health, dignity and ability to work. Over the pandemic, their Emergency Financial Aid Program and various mental wellness supports have been helping many entertainment professionals, including those working in music, film, dance and theatre, navigate this difficult time.

 

About Friends of Ruby:

Ruby and Friends is a drop-in program for queer youth in Toronto. They have incredible programming that brings youth together for meals, activities, support groups and community. They offer barrier-free one-on-one counselling, support with gender identity or transition, help accessing housing, health care, and employment, and designated drop-in time to make space for BIPOC youth. Friends of Ruby has also recently opened a new programming centre with safe, transitional housing for up to 33 2SLGBTQIA youth at 257 Dundas St E.