jdp 2009

When The Body Remembers In solidarity with women, with children, with people of color; with all who rose against oppression, who gave their lives, who go on giving still… the martyrs… the silenced, the powerless… The body remembers. The memory endures. One dies only when forgotten, we will never let you die. 🇵🇸🇵🇭🇨🇩🇱🇧🇮🇩🇸🇩🇮🇳🇭🇹🇳🇵 Thank you @easternedge.arc @holdfastfestival for having me. @calq for the grant Photos by @shireen_merchant ❤️‍🔥

fatest photo dump part 1 (philippines) i love you i miss you i yearn for you everyday words are not enough, i want to serve my people until my last breath

This March 28, we are offering a space to restore and reclaim what is invisible. rift invites you to Invisible Offerings Performances by Koko Mariano and Joliz Dela Peña March 28, Saturday | 5–8pm | rift Program: 5pm Performances 7pm Artists talkback In these back-to-back performances, artists Koko Mariano and Joliz Dela Peña explore what is made invisible in labor and in spiritual life. Through gesture, play, sound, and instrumentation, they offer to re-compose it: recomposing the invisible from social structures and systems that effaced them, embodying what is felt in the psyche under the duress of colonialities of migration and religion. Where invisibility too is often woven through contemplations of Filipino identities—invisibilized care, ancestral uprootings, decimated histories—these performances offer a space where the body reclaims and self-determines. About the artists: Koko (@bakla__af ) is a diasporic sound and performance artist exploring the intersections of heritage preservation, queer expression, and contemporary performance practices. Intertwining sustainable design by making their own instruments from found materials, implementing slow technology in their deep listening practices, and electroacoustic experimentation in reimagining how sound is consumed; they are rooted in intuition and ancestral knowledge where their practice weaves territory and body to unearth stories that have been buried or forgotten. Joliz (@ziloj ), also known as JDP 2009, is a self-taught interdisciplinary artist and a cultural worker born in the Philippines, now based in Tiohtià: ke/Montreal. Intimate connection to memories, identity, and immigration are recurring themes in Dela Peña’s practice. Through performance accompanied by installations, she pursues to relive realities, explore its complexities, and translate invisible tension/s into various visual and tactile qualities. Free admission/Pay what you can RSVP link in our profile Design by @bakla__af

Walking barefoot to touch polished pebbles the size of the cereal you’ve always wanted as a child You want to see everything within grayscale, illuminated by the soft morning sun Dust particles dance inside the invisible border of a sunbeam I inhaled myself once there Head gazed up, mouth half open Cracking of the bamboos on my left ear The other was echoes of yearning My heart feels better. I can talk to myself again without uttering a word. I simply live without a hurry. Own my values. Practice without expectations. I eat wisdom with bare hands. I cry, without thinking it should be caused by pain and suffering.

tinawag din nila kaming negra Performance at Le Lieu last October. A performance night showcasing the fruition of a residency in Norogachi, Mexico during the Raramuri’s holy week tradition. This piece is still in reflection today. Its an introspection on what we can take as a witnesses and transform as descendants to a lineage, who we are as the future ancestors, any many more difficult intrusive thoughts (many of which formulated during the long bus rides in the desert..) 🐪 Thank you to the many brains that helped nourish and gave a critical eye on this piece. (u know who u are) Credits: Christian Baron

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(ENG Follows) C’est avec grand plaisir que nous vous invitons à la première édition de Contact Collision, une nouvelle soirée DIY qui cherche à rassembler le monde de la danse contemporaine et celui de la performance artistique le temps d’une nuit, dans un même espace. Cette première édition aura lieu au Notre-Dame-des-Quilles, bar queer emblématique au cœur de la Petite-Italie, reconnu pour accueillir une grande diversité d’événements des cabarets drag aux soirées-bénéfices pour la Palestine. Ils nous ouvrent généreusement leurs portes le 11 décembre pour lancer ce projet! Contact Collision est une soirée d’échanges artistiques, pour et par les artistes. L’objectif : créer un espace où la danse contemporaine et la performance peuvent se rencontrer, se nourrir mutuellement et coexister. Un lieu où l’expérimentation est encouragée, les frontières s’effacent, et la communauté prend forme. Les artistes invités seront annoncés sous peu! 📅 QUAND — 11 décembre (portes à 20h, spectacle à 20h30) 📍 OÙ — Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles (NDQ) 💸 BILLETS — Contribution volontaire (5 à 15 $) — ARGENT SEULEMENT ——————————————————————— We’re thrilled to invite you to the first edition of Contact Collision, a new DIY event bringing together the worlds of contemporary dance and performance art for one night, in one shared space. The first edition will take place at Notre-Dame-des-Quilles, a beloved queer bar in the heart of Little Italy known for hosting everything from drag cabarets to community fundraisers for Palestine. They’ve kindly opened their doors to us on December 11 to kick off this project! Contact Collision is a night of artistic exchange for artists, by artists. Our goal is to create a space where contemporary dance and performance art can meet, influence each other, and coexist. A space that values experimentation, dissolves boundaries, and nurtures community. Featured artists will be announced soon! 📅 WHEN — December 11 (doors at 8 PM, show at 8:30 PM) 📍 WHERE — Bar NDQ 💸 TICKETS — Sliding scale $5–15 — CASH ONLY

𝑯𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒘 ꩜ Faith and custom often stand as witnesses in these unions, sanctifying obedience over consent. What is called sacred becomes a chain — love rewritten as duty, purity, and fear. - Every year globally, 12 million girls are forced into marriage before turning eighteen, sealing their futures in ceremonies disguised as tradition. More than 650 million women alive today were once child brides, their girlhood exchanged for religion’s blessing or culture’s silence. - One in three women worldwide has known the fist or threat of an intimate partner: a statistic so familiar it almost stops sounding like tragedy. Violence in the home remains the quietest war, fought in kitchens and prayer rooms alike. - In Canada, police recorded over 128,000 cases of intimate partner violence. Nearly 80% of victims were women (statistics from 2024). Behind each report is a door closed too tightly, a neighbour pretending not to hear. - Almost four in ten women in Québec have endured psychological, physical, or sexual violence from a partner. The province’s silence hums beneath its progressive laws, proof that safety does not always follow policy. - About 18% of Filipino women aged 15–49 have suffered abuse at the hands of their husbands or partners. In a country where devotion and endurance are taught side by side, violence often hides behind prayers and wedding rings. ꩜ Premiering at the third edition of Biennale des Erreurs diffused and curated by @baobabcreationmulti ⏰ Saturday, November 15 Doors at 5:30pm, Performance start at 6pm 📍 Cité des Hospitalières (251 Avenue des Pins) 🎟️ Ticket is PWYC (5-20$) No one is turned away for lack of funds. In collaboration with Alex Marchand. #performanceart #jdp2009 #performanceartist

ACTION OUVERTE III 1re Novembre 2025 – Cité des Hospitalières 209 ave des Pins Ouest, Montréal Dès 15h Pas d’ alcool sur place Action ouverte est une nouvelle série d’événements d’autodiffusion inspirés des soirées micro-ouvert, mais spécifiquement dédiée à la performance. Elle répond au besoin d’événements informels et expérimentaux, conçus par et pour les artistes en art performance, quelle que soit leur expérience. Dans l’esprit du micro ouvert, cet événement se veut inclusif : aucune présélection n’est effectuée. Merci à Écotone de nous accueillir et de rendre possible notre présence à la Cité des Hospitalières. 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 /ENG ACTION OUVERTE III November 1, 2025 – Cité des Hospitalières 209 ave des Pins west, Montréal Starting at 3pm SHARP No alcohol on site Action ouverte is a series of diy events inspired by open mic nights, but dedicated specifically to performance art. It responds to the need for informal and experimental gatherings, created by and for performance artists of all experience levels. In the spirit of open mic culture, the event is intentionally inclusive: there is no preselection process, and anyone wishing to perform is welcome. Thank you to Ecotone for welcoming us and making it possible to bring this to Cité des Hospitalières. @espace_ecotone @cdhentransition Poster by @mdmx.66 🫵

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tenderness was a rare occurrence to a child who only knew how hard a rock feels like when thrown thnx u @tannant.coquin for the pix and tenderness

St. John’s thanks 4 being so #real 🫶⭐️ Incredibly fun experience being in Ktaqmkuk especially the beautiful people I got to meet and exchange beautiful stories with 💛 Thank you @holdfastfestival for this!