About This Project

Rock Swap is an invitation to gather and share stories of the many lives lived by rocks. Throughout the day, folks of all ages are invited to bring a rock or pick a rock from our collection at the field house where there will also be questionnaires available for guests to write about where their rock has come from and where they hope it may go next. Guests will then be invited to swap their rock with someone else’s rock, exchanging stories and nurturing the continuation of the rocks’ life cycles. Together we will trace, document, and imagine both the real and fictional stories of rock migration and shapeshifting across time and space. While we may not know (or remember!) where our rock has been, or where it is going, Rock Swap invites a mode of generative and generous speculation to open up possible futures still in-the-making.  

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Rock Swap is an extension of Rock Garden – an interactive installation featuring hand-crafted rock-shaped pillows designed and choreographed to provide comfort for the body upon the foundational belief that rest is a form of resistance. These two projects look to rocks as teachers for adaptation and transformation, who prompt us to reflect on and deepen our relationship to land, place, and community. 

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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Dance West Network, and G&F Foundation.