𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘩 (Remember) multi-media performance piece

𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘩 (Remember) is a multimedia performance piece exploring themes of cultural memory and the impact of dementia on identity.

Cineworks is proud to present a free exhibition of Taryn Plater's multi-media performance piece, 𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘩 (Remember, 2024).

𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘩 (Remember) is a multimedia performance piece exploring themes of cultural memory and the impact of dementia on identity. Through an intricate blend of theatre, live art song, and film, it asks the question: what happens when culture is divorced from its place, and what becomes of intangible cultural connection when memory itself begins to fade?

The piece reaches across time to follow two sides of one intergenerational story. While Jane prepares to deliver a heartfelt speech at a family reunion, she experiences fluctuations of her memory, periodically falling back into memories from her youth. Years later, Jane’s granddaughter struggles to find connections to her late baba and to her family’s culture. As the stories and music weave closer together, maybe voices from a time that is past can be heard and remembered.

𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀

Friday, November 8th, 2024, at 6:30pm.

The Black Box Studio at Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society at 1131 Howe Street. Max capacity for 40 people. Metered parking is available on the street, and several parking lots are located nearby.

Please note that Cineworks only has access to the first three parking spaces next to our entrance. We kindly encourage anyone driving to our space to consider using metered parking in the surrounding streets or one of the parking lots located nearby. Thank you.

Email [email protected] for more info.

Cineworks would like to thank our generous funders–BC Arts Council, Canada Council, the City of Vancouver, and the Province of British Columbia (Gaming) for making this event possible.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀

Taryn Plater is a versatile singer and creator, recognized for her “dramatic and vocal thrust” (Opera Canada). Driven by an interest in opera’s relationship to different genres and mediums, her portfolio focuses on Ukrainian art song, new works, and the intersection of jazz and classical music. As a founding member of Opera Unbound, Taryn pursues projects that open new avenues for artistic collaboration. Through this company, she commissioned and workshopped 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 – a new work for music and movement by Vancouver composer Kara Gibbs.

Taryn was an emerging artist with Manitoba Opera’s 2024 DEAP program, a 2021-2022 RBC Artist Fellow with the Association for Opera in Canada, and recently sang in workshops of Good Mess Opera Theatre’s new opera, 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘦. She created the digital artist statement 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 through Against the Grain’s 2021 National Opera Intensive, and continues to explore non-traditional opera creation with the development of her original multi-media performance piece, 𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘩.

Derek Stanyer has worked as a coach with UBC opera since 2019, and was an Adjunct Professor in 2023. He is a 2023/2024 Young Artist with Vancouver Opera. Derek has performed extensively both as a soloist and as a collaborative pianist throughout Canada, France, Belgium, Austria, USA, and Mexico. His work includes both opera and art song, with recent performances Opera Kelowna, Vancouver Fringe Festival, VO, Opera Unbound, COC, York Place Concerts, and many others. Derek earned his DMA from UBC with doctoral research on the art songs of Nikolai Medtner.