Factory Media Centre is thrilled to announce that Jordan King will be joining us as our April – May 2024 &NOW Artist-in-Residence.
Jordan’s residency work will unfold through solo performance, monologue, and live vocals. The lead performer will be onstage for the duration of the show, alternating between dance and portrayal of different characters through quick adaptations to staging. The narrative arc is an exploration of the life of one single character meant to represent many possible lives, addressing emergence onstage in the world of nightlife, tumultuous love affairs, ultimately facing the reality of aging and mortality.
About the Artist:
Jordan King has been active as a multi-disciplinary artist and performer for over twenty years in Vancouver, New York, and Toronto. Her formative years were spent as a stage performer immersed in nightlife; this included experimental live performance, cabaret, burlesque, and on-screen roles for film/video projects. Recent projects have included curation of gallery exhibitions in Montreal, acting as story editor for documentary film “The Empress of Vancouver” (2022), and performing with New York City based dance-theatre-media company thefeath3rtheory (2021). She seeks to create work which is generative, intersectional, and celebratory, honouring narratives of trans individuals while sharing from a distinctly trans-feminine lens. The work being presented during this residency was first staged in Summer 2023 in both Toronto and the Edmonton Fringe Festival, as a small-scale solo performance.
The additional elements being explored at Factory Media Centre will offer viewers a chance to experience a hybrid installation/performance which incorporates projection design and motion tracking technology. The piece includes movement, exploration of different characters, and immersive set design, created in collaboration with projection designer Nathan Bruce.
About the Project:
The work-in-progress multi-media performance explores the life of one single character meant to represent many possible lives, addressing emergence onstage in the world of nightlife, tumultuous love affairs, ultimately facing the reality of aging and mortality.
About the Residency:
FMC’s &NOW Production Residency is an opportunity for artists and creators to utilize the space and resources at FMC to produce a new work or continue a developing body of work.