TRibutaries: A Wet Ritual for Witnessing
Tributaries: A Wet Ritual for Witnessing 2024
Participatory performance ritual conceived and embodied collaboratively by Jehan Roberson, Naomi Woo, Victoria Perrie, and Sophie Seita
“Tributaries” is a ritual about water, about time, about absence, about queer ancestors who have been lost and who we commit to remember. It is a ritual of blessing and complicity, of coming together, of mixing. We invite you to remember, reflect, and repeat this ritual, always concluding in tight embrace.
The ritual was devised for Sembrando Humedad (Sowing Moisture), a five day learning gathering in the ancient wetlands of Xochimilco, Mexico City, organised by Ruta del Castor and Carolina Caycedo, in collaboration with artists, activists, farmers, community members, collectives, organisations, educational institutions, and students, to collectively reflect on our relationship with water as a binding body that weaves together cultures and ecosystems.
Sembrando Humedad formed part of mare-a-ndo, Ruta’s wider curatorial project that had various iterations related to water and concluded with our encounter in Xochimilco.
Events/Performances/Offerings:
Sembrando Humedad, Xochimilco, Mexico City (1-5 April, 2024)
London, Winnipeg, NYC (2024/2025—upcoming, more details tbc)
Photos:
Courtesy of Ruta del Castor and Eduardo Velasco Vasquez and Andrés Jurado
Funding:
International Science Partnerships (ISPF) Institutional Support Grant (ODA)
Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Concept to Realization (2024)