i, gasket

seal the drip

drip

drip

i, erode

leak

rupture

Where are our stories shelved? They bleed on top of one another,

drool into one another,

vibrate in the earth under our feet, and seep out of the

internal containers we store them in.

Through the acknowledgment of how experiences spread like gossip through our physiological roots, can honoring shared hopelessness be, ultimately, hopeful?

The two-part work—installation and performance—asks audiences to engage with fleeting memories that are constructed, fractured and resurrected anew. Both viewers and performers collectively activate breaches of a conceptual “gasket” that seals the past and present, and when worn down, may leak or rupture. Gasket confronts what is frontal and what is peripheral of memory, and examines the longing brought on by the discomfort of forgetting.

GĒR Collective premiered Gasket at the historic Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica in the Fall of 2024. The experiential, multimedia work considers the stakes of memory fertilization and its inevitable depletion. 

premeired at Highways Performance Space Oct 18th & 19th 2024

directors: Scout Nankin and Eliza Loran (GĒR Collective Co-Founders)
project management / curatorial direction: Storm Bria-Rose Bookhard
sound design: Gray Schiller

lighting design: Jennifer Gonzalez

lighting design assistant: Baylee Ferrerra
stage managment: Sierra Tanji
styling: Kayli Azambuja 

videography: Patrick Kennelly & Colin Harabedian
photography: Alyssa Quigley

pamphlet: Alisa Petrosova & Tomorrow Today

made possible with support from Highways Performance Space, CRAWLSPACE LA, Stomping Ground LA, and Studio A Dance.