Event

Ovum Si'ahl

After just 21 days of gestation, a chicken evolves from a fluffy newborn chick, to a hen establishing her place in the pecking order and laying eggs. In Seattle, many chickens enjoy luxurious coop living. Within the United States, however, most chickens are raised in the equivalent of metal prisons or overcrowded massive sheds. In the U.S. alone, people annually consume over thirty six billion pounds of chicken and over six and a half billion eggs, without much consideration of the intricate creation or living environment of the egg or chicken.

Ovum Si'ahl is a physical meditation on the chicken's first year of life, living conditions, and the potential impact of these fates and circumstances on the human psyche.

Ovum Si'ahl is a performance offering by Alycia Scott Zollinger & a Community Cast
Alycia Scott Zollinger is a performer, curator, and arts administrator who develops projects and exhibitions to address socio-political issues from digital incarnation to food production, the impacts of war and the intricacies of gestation. She has worked across continents, languages, and disciplines, to conceive, participate in and organize public events bridging international artists with local organizations, artists and venues. Alycia has performed around the globe in spaces ranging from theaters in Russia to balconies in Guatemala, a graveyard in Mexico and art galleries in the United States. Rooted in performance as a mode of poetic intervention and connection, she continues to weave her movement background and arts administration /curatorial experience into dynamic multi-media offerings promoting community engagement, public thought, and individual action.