FRUITING BODIES
VR PRESENTATION
AVAILABLE IN THE HIFF VR LOUNGE
IN THE LIGHT HOUSE ARTS CENTRE
JUNE 9–12, 2022
Now more than ever before in human history, virtual spaces have become critical conduits for human connection, rest, and escape. We are moving through a painful time when the fear of touch, public spaces, bodies, fluids, breath, proximity; even the fear of interacting with one’s own body (“Wash your hands, don’t touch your face”) is omnipresent and unrelenting. Fruiting Bodies is a loving invitation for everyone, but particularly queer folks, to immerse themselves inside of a truly peculiar and juicy, alternative planet.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ruth Marsh
Ruth (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist working in immersive and digital world-building, installation, and drawing-based practices. They are a non-binary settler based on unceded Mi'kmaq territory in Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki (also known as Halifax, Nova Scotia). They are interested in playfully queering the intersections between DIY culture and science fact/fiction/fabulation to ponder positive mutations and imagine with bodies and environments. Marsh’s work has been shown in galleries, museums, and festivals within Canada and internationally, including the Confederation Centre of the Arts (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island); Discovery Centre (Halifax, Nova Scotia), The New Gallery (Calgary, Alberta); Trieste Science+Fiction Festival (Trieste, Italy); Labocine: The Science New Wave and InScience International Film Festival (Nijmegen, Netherlands).