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

JULIE FIALA

"Welcoming All Aquaphobes" is a performance to take place three times during the weekend. Fiala will solicit participation of aquaphobes in the community at large via press, email, posters at recreation centres to witness and join her attempt to confront her morbid fear of water. A presentation and shallow water session will be offered during the weekend by an experienced life guard/collaborator. During the sessions, Fiala will wrap and affix flotation devices to her limbs and torso to create a living and inflated instructional prop. After the session is completed, she will float in the shallow water until the pool closes. Through its participatory nature, this performance will blur the spaces and roles of performer and audience.