GROVE OF SOULS EVENT SPACE & LABŸRINTH ᚷᚱᛟᚡᛖ ᛟᚠ ᛋᛟᚢᛚᛋ ᛚᚨᛒᚤᚱᛁᚾᛏᚺ
BASTION SQUARE Nov 20 – Dec 6 2019
Grove of Souls
Event Space & LabrŸnth The voice of your sister cries to me from the ground. Genesis 4:10
Samhain The Season of Remembrance Nov 20 - Dec 6 2019
The Grove of Souls Event Space is an all gender, inclusive, women’s event space and LabyŸnth in Bastion Square between the Yates St Parkade and the Old Courthouse. The idea arose from the July 2019 Global Café on Murdered and Missing Women hosted by the Victoria Native Friendship Centre and the Rainbow Health Co-operative at the Victoria Pride Festival. 2019 Events run from Nov 20 to Dec 6. We are beginning the ongoing installation of the LabŸrinth through a series of short term events. The event space is made up of temporary event fencing covered with solid weather proof fabric, combined with 10 x 10 pop up tents. The tents would be erected on the day of each event and access through the plaza is maintained to other parts of Bastion Square. Fencing panels would remain on site from the first event the last. In 2019 the only panels would be the external enclosure panels, no LabŸrinth panels are included in the installation. The art panels are durable vinyl panels of graphics, information, or photographs of art pieces. The panels are a one time cost and used again each year. For the Samhain events, the panels reflect on the intersectionality in women’s Indigenous, trans, disabled and sex-worker communities and lead the viewer through contemplation and consideration of Truth, Remembrance, and Reconciliation. The final passage reflects a strengths based call to action. The commonality of our communities is that for the souls lost, a person viewed them as disposable, and society by our actions, demonstrated our complicit agreement with that act of violence and disposal. The event space creates space to witness that history and renew our collective intent for new paths forward. We have returned to this place for the last five years to observe Trans Day of Remembrance as a reminder that this is where our paths crossed those who lived here before us and cared for these territories for thousands of years. Nov 20: Site Cleansing Ceremony – 2:00 pm This year we are including a ceremony making peace with the spirits that mark this place. It will include cleansing ceremonies of several cultures. Nov 20: Memorial Art Project Presentation – 4:00 pm During the Victoria Native Friendship Centre’s Two-Spirit Youth Gathering(Nov 6-7), youth complete a medicine wheel artwork using paint, markers and paper under the guidance of a master artist. The piece is then photographed and becomes one of art pieces in the LabŸrinth. On Nov 20 we do a public presentation of the piece and an opportunity for the artists to sign the panel. Nov 20: Trans Day of Remembrance – 6:00 pm We return again this year for the annual candle vigil and the reading of the list. This year with we have added the ceremony of binding the names to the Memory Wand for release with names of all remembered on December 6. Nov 30: MMIWG Day of Remembrance – 2:00 pm We will be offering a binding to the Memory Wand to anyone who has lost a person in their life, family or friend as a result of direct or cultural violence for release with names of all remembered on December 6.. Women’s World Aids Day - Dec 1 We gather to focus on how HIV has affected women in all of our communities. We will be offering a binding to the Memory Wand to anyone who has lost a person in their life, family or friend for release with names of all remembered on December 6. Montreal Women’s Memorial - Dec 6 We finish the season with the binding of the names of the 14 women lost in Montreal in 1989. We release the memories and intentions we have gathered through this Samhain season in a ceremonial burning of the Memory Wand and the intentions bound to them this year.
PARKADE STAIRS
Grove of Souls
Between events the fence line is continuous the length of the existing landscaping area.
OFFICE BUILDING
15.25 m
Event Space & LabrŸnth Bastion Square
GROVE OF SOULS
OFFICE BUILDING
3m
9m
CHANCERY LANE Email: chrys.tei@rainbowhealth.coop Phone: (250) 800 1383
COURTHOUSE
PARKADE STAIRS
Grove of Souls
Event Space & LabrŸnth Bastion Square The fence panels are moved out into plaza for events
2019 configuration is 4 - 10 x 10 tents
GROVE OF SOULS
OFFICE BUILDING
OFFICE BUILDING
9m
CHANCERY LANE Email: chrys.tei@rainbowhealth.coop Phone: (250) 800 1383
COURTHOUSE
A
Exhibit Panels 8' high
RF WHA ST
COURTHOUSE BUILDING
BASTION SQUAR E ST WHARF
The line of the enclosure is 3 m from front edge of planting
6 feet
Between events the vinyl banners can be left in place or removed for increased visibility in the enclosure
Email: chrys.tei@rainbowhealth.coop Phone: (250) 800 1383
10 feet Panel Detail
Grove of Souls
Event Space & LabrŸnth Bastion Square
PARKADE STAIRS
2020 configuration includes the LabŸrinth Installation would remain in place from Nov 1 – Dec 6
Grove of Souls
Event Space & LabrŸnth Bastion Square
EXIT
OFFICE BUILDING
OFFICE BUILDING
GROVE OF SOULS ENTRY
10.7 m
CHANCERY LANE Email: chrys.tei@rainbowhealth.coop Phone: (250) 800 1383
COURTHOUSE
Samhain 2020 The Season of Remembrance Nov 20 - Dec 6 2020
PARKADE STAIRS
The event space may be set up during UVIC’s Moving Trans History Forward Symposium April 4 – 6, 2020
Grove of Souls
Event Space & LabrŸnth Bastion Square EXIT
OFFICE BUILDING
OFFICE BUILDING
GROVE OF SOULS ENTRY
10.7 m
CHANCERY LANE Email: chrys.tei@rainbowhealth.coop Phone: (250) 800 1383
COURTHOUSE
Words without Words
Moving Trans History Forward Symposium April 4 -6
World Aids Day
ᚹᛟᚱᛚᛞ ᚨᛁᛞᛋ ᛞᚨᚤ
Trans Day of Remembrance
GROVE OF SOULS LABŸRINTH
ᛏᚱᚨᚾᛋ ᛞᚨᚤ ᛟᚠ ᚱᛖᛗᛖᛗᛒᚱᚨᚾᚲᛖ ᚷᚱᛟᚡᛖ ᛟᚠ ᛋᛟᚢᛚᛋ ᛚᚨᛒᚤᚱᛁᚾᛏᚺ
All Souls Day
Montreal Women’s Memorial
MMIWG Day of Remembrance
ᚨᛚᛚ ᛋᛟᚢᛚᛋ ᛞᚨᚤ
ᛗᛟᚾᛏᚱᛖᚨᛚ ᚹᛟᛗᛖᚾ'ᛋ ᛗᛖᛗᛟᚱᛁᚨᛚ
ᛗᛗᛁᚹᚷ ᛞᚨᚤ ᛟᚠ ᚱᛖᛗᛖᛗᛒᚱᚨᚾᚲᛖ