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wade (2004)
Various wading pools in the City of Toronto

COLETTE URBAN & SONYA SCHONBERGER

"Secretkeepers" is a collaborative performance for a varying number of audience participants. It ranges in length from 40 minutes to 6 hours. The performers wear black clothing and carry a listening horn, while floating in black inner tubes. The secretkeepers invite audience members to share their secrets with the silent performers. The audience becomes active participants and contributors to the action. Secretkeepers mimics the ritual of the confessional, while providing a non-traditional approach to this confidential moment. They provide a service by being a safe keeper of a secret given as a public gesture.