This is Noémie
- Posted by: GOOD , Trujillo-Paumier
- on November 11, 2008 at 11:49 pm
NAME Noémie Lafrance
AGE 34
LOCATION Brooklyn, New York
OCCUPATION Artistic director and founder of Sens
WHAT SHE MAKES Site-specific performances
WHAT SHE’S MADE Choreography of the video of Feist’s “1234” and “Agora,” an interactive performance piece in Brooklyn’s empty McCarren Park Pool
WHAT SHE’S MAKING A solo show next year to be performed in a secret location and a collaborative program celebrating Frank Gehry buildings around the world
And Those Are Her Things
1. Construction tools: “I have one favorite tool: It’s a circuit tester. You can touch any live wire and see that it’s alive. It’s really demanding to do construction, but it helps me relax.”
2. Gaffer’s tape: “Gaffer’s tape is a very important part of life—for everything.”
3. Little plastic animals: Used in preparation for her secret December show.
4. Compost bowl: “I grew up composting near a maple-syrup farm. When this is full, it goes into a bucket outside.”
5. Iron circles: “I use these for hot things, as coasters sometimes.”
6. “Melt program”: “It’s made of beeswax. The performers in the piece sit covered in beeswax and lanolin under a hot light for half an hour.”
