performance : nuit blanche saskatoon : 2026

you are here.

You are here. was a Nuit Blanche Saskatoon commission and collaboration with Porsche in 2026. Created as Project I\O with Briana Gillet and Kirk Ford, performed 10 times, every 30 minutes, on September 19, in the closed down intersection of Broadway Avenue and 10th Street East.

A car sits in the middle of a closed intersection. Reframed as sculpture, dancers move through and around it, while a soundscape built from the scene fills the space. However you crossed the city to get here, there is nothing left to plan and nowhere else to be. Let the past and the future go quiet. Let it wash over you. You are here.

commission
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon, 2026
with
Porsche
performed
19.09.2026, ten performances, every 30 minutes
where
Broadway Avenue and 10th Street East, Saskatoon
made as
Project I\O, with Briana Gillet and Kirk Ford
music
Factor Eight and Briana Gillet, built from sounds recorded from the car
trumpet
Briana Gillet
choreography
Kirk Ford
photos
Kenton Doupe
You are here. from above: the car and the raised platforms in the closed intersection Five performers in white sitting on the edge of a platform Performers holding up white fabric with the words you are here projected on it Dancers in white in front of the Broadway Theatre sign Dancers in blue haze at the open hood of the car Briana Gillet playing trumpet in blue light Factor Eight at the microphone in red light Dancers on a tilted platform under the Broadway Theatre sign Dancers at the lit back of the car The crowd around the car under a green traffic light Factor Eight in silhouette in the haze The crowd on Broadway under a red traffic light A performer inside the lit car Looking straight down on the car, the dancers and the haze Broadway Avenue from above on the night, closed to traffic and full of people
photos : kenton doupe