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If the answer is “not so well,” then you’re part of roughly half of Canadian adults who report sleep troubles and feel unrested. And if you’re having trouble focusing on this sentence, I wouldn’t blame you: research shows that insufficient and poor‑quality sleep have a significant impact on health, particularly on attention and concentration. As someone with a sleep disorder herself, Claire Kenway relates to this on a personal level, but she also understands it through a more critical lens. Is it really her own circadian rhythm that needs to change, or is this growing national health issue symptomatic of something much larger?
Between Dreams was an opportunity for Claire Kenway and Patrick Trudeau, who share the same sleep disorder, to dive into this problem through a simple and optimistic appeal: how can we sleep better? After several weeks of residency at the S.A.T., their initial intuition has taken shape as an immersive film showing for a whole month starting March 12th, as well as a eight‑hour performance on april 10th.
In this interview, Kenway talks about these two different formats and their objectives, but also unveils the research that went behind this project, and the “sleep architecture” which she used to create and spatialize the music.
Need a quick nap? Between Dreams is showing now until the 11th of April. On the 10th of April, Claire will be accompanied by the Bionic Harpist for a 8hr concert that goes through all the cycles of sleep. Blankets and pyjamas are highly encouraged!
