The Advice Bunny
April 8 to 19
The Advice Bunny
Valérie Lamontagne
Performance: The Advice Bunny Talk Show, Friday, April 11 @ 8pm
Artists Talk: Saturday, April 12 @ noon
Advice: April 8 to 12, noon - 5pm, first come, first served
Who/What is The Advice Bunny? The Advice Bunny is a woman (Valérie Lamontagne) dressed as a pink bunny who gives advice on various problems. People spend hours speaking to the Advice Bunny, confessing, complaining and venting out their frustrations. Because of the anonymous nature of the Bunny suit, as well as it’s completely non-intimidating nature, a certain intimacy is achieved very quickly which plays into some of our collective childhood fantasies of speaking to our stuffed animals. The Advice Bunny is also a trope for how one may interact in society as a woman. For this reason, the Advice Bunny suit pushes the expectations of a charming and unproblematic female physicality to its most absurd limits. However, the Bunny makes good use of this presumed innocence in order to pass on her philosophy and beliefs.
The Advice Bunny
Valérie Lamontagne
Performance: The Advice Bunny Talk Show, Friday, April 11 @ 8pm
Artists Talk: Saturday, April 12 @ noon
Advice: April 8 to 12, noon - 5pm, first come, first served
Who/What is The Advice Bunny? The Advice Bunny is a woman (Valérie Lamontagne) dressed as a pink bunny who gives advice on various problems. People spend hours speaking to the Advice Bunny, confessing, complaining and venting out their frustrations. Because of the anonymous nature of the Bunny suit, as well as it’s completely non-intimidating nature, a certain intimacy is achieved very quickly which plays into some of our collective childhood fantasies of speaking to our stuffed animals. The Advice Bunny is also a trope for how one may interact in society as a woman. For this reason, the Advice Bunny suit pushes the expectations of a charming and unproblematic female physicality to its most absurd limits. However, the Bunny makes good use of this presumed innocence in order to pass on her philosophy and beliefs.
The Advice Bunny Talk Show will be structured as a public therapeutic “session” wherein the Advice Bunny will interview “guests” on their creative process, influences, childhood memories, sexuality and other formative aspects of their art making and their role in society as “creators”. Victoria-based artists, critics, and curators will be featured in this performance, taking place in front of a live audience. These “guests” will be asked questions about their own biography, process, and to reflect on the role of analysis in their work. The interviews aim at being informative, provocative—and surreal.
More Info http://www.mobilegaze.com/advicebunny
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