Kim Farris-Manning was Artistic director, composer, performer and book creator of Imago, an immersive event moving through nature along farm paths combining music, storytelling, drag, aerial performance and tree climbing imagined by Kim Farris-Manning. Co-presented by Ottawa Chamberfest at the Just Food Community Farm, Imago inspires its audience to engage with the unknown and unexpected ways of plant life. Like digging through layers of soil to find fungal networks, Imago does not pander to its audience but rather reveals itself to them, to be listened to and observed over time. This event premiered on September 17 2022 in Ottawa, ON.
“In biology, the imago is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it is also called the imaginal stage, the stage in which the insect attains maturity.” (Wikipedia)
Collaborators: Musicians
Kathryn Patricia, viola
Rémy Bélanger de Beauport, cello
Carlie Howell, double bass
Yang Chen, percussion
Storytellers
Ron and Melissa St. Louis from Capital Bees
Sun Shan and Li Bo from Chi Garden
Ma Myriah Peace from the Birch Path Healing Forest with Root In Nature
Shelley Lambert from Nanabush Food Forests and Forêt Capitale Forest
Kheela Naw from The Karen Farm
Amber Westfall from The Wild Garden
An Laurence, production manager Rachel Gray, bodysuit paint Véronique Girard, graphic design