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For Everyone Stuck Chasing the Clock | Jacqueline van de Geer
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For Everyone Stuck Chasing the Clock

2025

Between visual arts and performance, four characters exist in a space and time loop framed by limitations that are the result of the chronic illness they have in common. Semi-resigned yet hopeful, they discover meaning and purpose by putting on a show about their lived experiences.
Semi-resigned to their predicament, they decide to make their lived experiences legible by putting on a show, in the hopes that this will end up breaking the rut they are stuck in. The Artist, the Timekeeper, the Cellophane, and the Clown—collectively negotiate with their endeavour, challenging the differences that set them apart.

Entre art visuel et performance, quatre personnages vivent dans une boucle spatiotemporelle formée par des limitations liées à leur maladie chronique commune. À demi résignés et cependant habités par l’espoir, ils font émerger un sens et un but en montant un spectacle sur leur vécu. À demi résignés à leur situation, ils décident pourtant de mettre en lumière leur vécu en montant un spectacle, dans l’espoir que cela les fera sortir de l’ornière. Les quatre personnages – l’Artiste, le Chronométreur, le Cellophane et le Clown –, en négociant collectivement leur entreprise, remettront en question ce qui les distingue.

Critique par Mario Cloutier:

For Everyone Stuck Chasing the Clock : Le Malade non imaginaire

Concept, Text, Set Design, Props, Choreography, Music, and Direction
Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau

Performers
Jacqueline van de Geer, Maxine Segalowitz, Lior Maharjan, Michael Martini

La Chapelle, Montreal 2025
credit David Wong