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LAX YIP
RAVEN GRENIER
Duration: 2:31
Before each screening, we invite you to witness LAX YIP, which will welcome us into our Bodies, Breath and Spirits as we prepare to witness each program.
LAX YIP is an acknowledgement of the traditional, ancestral, and stolen territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. The performer, Raven Grenier, explores how the land informs movement by using images of the land itself within the body to convey an acknowledgement of the people of these lands upon whose territory we open the F-O-R-M festival here today.
Director, Performer, and Spoken Word: Raven Grenier
Editor and Visual Effects: Carlos Castillo
Dramaturgy & Art Designer: Margaret Grenier
Camera operator: Andrew Grenier & Carlos Castillo
Sound Designer: Ted Hamilton
Regalia: Rebecca Baker-Grenier
F-O-R-M is based in so-called Vancouver, in what is colonially known as Canada, on the unceded and stolen traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. F-O-R-M continues to reflect on and bring attention to connection to bodies, land and movement through filmmaking, documentation and storytelling. We are grateful to share and witness these stories together while inspiring movement towards positive change, wherever you may be.