KEVIN JESUINO
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The Nature of Us
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Crescent Heights: The Neighbourhood as Relational Stage (2015–2019)
The End
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Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance Project
The Nature of Us
Root Food Project
Cruising at 30 km a Second and Attempting Not To Crash
Public Welcome
Crescent Heights: The Neighbourhood as Relational Stage (2015–2019)
The End
Party Tricks
Being Together
Mating Calls
Frequent Return to Nothing
About
Writing
News
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The End

In The End, I investigate the nuances of human failure through a durational race against the clock. In this solo work, I position my body as a dual metaphor: I am simultaneously Humanity and the Earth. As the performance inches toward its inevitable conclusion, the stage becomes a site of escalating tension where the micro-actions of a single body mirror the macro-collapse of our global systems.

The performance begins with the mundane—simple warmups and routine gestures—but quickly devolves into a series of increasingly high-risk tasks. By placing myself in a state of physical and psychological jeopardy, I transform the "theatre" into a laboratory of human endurance. These actions are designed to confront the audience with a visceral ethical dilemma: At what point does the observer become an accomplice, and when must they intervene?

As the clock runs out, we are forced to reconcile with the reality that it is only in the midst of failure that we truly get to know ourselves.

--APPEARANCE--

Mountain Standard Time Performance Art Festival (Calgary, AB) May 2020

Studio 303, Queer Performance Camp (Montreal, QB) February 2020

Springboard Performance, Fluidfest (Calgary, AB) October 2019

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