DRAW Space is thrilled to present Ira Ferris / (RE), a movement game for several performers: Ira Ferris w/ Ryuichi Fujimura, Lian Loke, Maddy Backen + ...

RESHAPE, RETURN, REPURPOSE, REMEMBER, REVIEW, REVERSE, REVEAL, REPLACE, REPLICATE, REIMAGINE, RESTAGE, RESET, REGISTER, RESIST, RESPOND, RELAX, RESIGN, RESEARCH, RELATE, RECOVER, RECOGNISE, REDO, REARRANGE, RECLAIM, REST, REITERATE, RECORD, REJECT, REPEAT, REPAIR, RESPOND, REFUSE, REACT, REVISIT, RELEASE, REVERT.

Biography

Ira Ferris is a multidisciplinary artist whose works involve movement-based performances. Improvised through concept-scores, they often explore the phenomenology of time as well as the interaction between the body and other materials. Ira is interested in opening dance to diverse bodies and ways of moving and makes works that celebrate the beauty and complexity of everyday, even pedestrian, movements. The required attention is an invitation to counteract the destructive environmental and mental consequences of habitual speed. 

With Elia Bosshard, Ira has co-authored SPACE BODY HABIT, a book of somatic exercises that offer ways to recognise habits, pause to make choices, and find new perceptive possibilities. 

Ira makes works and takes time on the unceded land of the Eora nation and pays respect to the ongoing custodians of this land; Elders past, present, and emerging. 

Instagram: @artemisprojects