Covid-19 Update:
Our team at the Factory Media Centre is committed to the health and safety of our members, staff, and community. Therefore we have decided to temporarily postpone all exhibitions, talks, and workshops until further notice. Please contact Kristina Durka by email at info@factorymediacentre.ca if you have any questions.
Saturday, April 4th, 2020 | 7:00-10:00pm
Performance: 8:00pm
Hosted by Charlit Floriano
with FREE CAKE!
Please join Factory Media Centre on Saturday, April 4th, at 7:00pm for the launch of FREEWATER, showcasing the work of Mikaela Demers, a maker of dance and performance.
New to Hamilton, Mikaela is interested in meeting other artists, sharing her work, and eating cake. On April 4th, she will share a number of video projects as well as a live performance of her work the pack (feat. Laura Dickens, Isa Estrada, Annelise Hawrylak, Chenise Mitchell, and Amanda Pye) and a segment of a new work in development at the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts co-created and performed with Will Hamilton. Mikaela is interested in meeting and supporting other artist’s work, forming new collaborative relationships, and creating multidisciplinary projects. Come out to say hi and enjoy her homemade array of cake!
About the artist:
Mikaela Demers is a maker of dance and performance originally from Northern Ontario. An alum of the School of Art, Media, Performance, and Design, she graduated from York University with a BFA in 2015 and more recently from Generator’s Artistic Producer Training program in 2019. Mikaela has appeared in the work of Lisa Emmons, Megan English, Vanessa Jane Kimmons, Brian Solomon, and Fernando Troya, and her recent choreographic works include the premiere and provincial tour of maelstrom (2017), and the pack : creature (2018). Outside of her work as a performer, choreographer, and filmmaker, Mikaela currently produces Branch Collective in Sudbury, Aeris Kӧper in Hamilton, and Belinda McGuire Dance Projects in New York.
Find her at: freewaterforartists.com | @mbdemers
Poster: Mariel Rutherford