He asked me what caused my malaise
September 18 – 21, 1986
Performance Art, Multi Media Presentation
About the Program
Part of the second annual Vancouver Fringe Festival, He asked me what caused my malaise is an original multi-media script. Using a combination of actors, slides, and sound, Marion Barling investigates gender identification through the use of dolls and children's toys, and explores anorexia and dyslexia as metaphors of women's psyche in today's society. This production weaves a tale of a young woman in university trying to find her way through a world where each images cried back at her in distortion. Her desperate effort to make sense of a world that has no place for her or a true reflection of her is both insightful and thought provoking.Artist
Marion BarlingDirector
Marion BarlingCredits
Lights: Glenn MacPhersonPoster and Program: Pat Beaton
Props: Diane LeBlanc
Sound: Gary Ouimet and Charles Marchand
Slides: Garry Ross and Marion Barling
Stage Manager: Morgan McGuigan
Technical Director: Glenn Alteen
Cast: Ms Blank: Sandy Dexter; Jane, Cashier, Miss Pierce: Susan Milne; John, Dr. Wainwright, Dr. Standby, Man in Clinic, Cleaning Man: Nicolaas Kocken; Sarah: Lalena Dexter; Doll Voices: Pam Harris
Identifier
1986.0918 HEACollection
grunt gallery Programming ArchiveLocation
grunt gallery (first location)209 E. 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 1J8
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
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