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003 | The People of Reset Series: GORGE
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Arwyn Carpenter (AKA Gorge) talks about how he figured out he was Trans, the challenges and liberation of living into his true identity, the joy derived from his recent foray into the art of Burlesque (Stage Name: Gorge Michael), the fluidity of gender, and breaking down the colonization of bodies.
GUEST BIO: Arwyn is a Queer Trans dancer, writer, and teacher, committed to decolonized arts practice. He holds an MFA in Dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and taught for the Toronto District School Board for 10 years, winning awards for excellence in elementary arts education. Arwyn co-runs Flight Festival of Contemporary Dance on Treaty 57, Prince Edward County, Ontario.
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RESET is a non-profit social enterprise that addresses loneliness by creating liminal and permanent social infrastructure including adult summer camp, pop-up playgrounds, and more.
The Reset Living Room is located in Little Jamaica at 634 Vaughan Road in Toronto.
Camp Reset is an annual four-day tech-free, "no-work-talk" immersive experience that takes place at a traditional summer camp in Bancroft, Ontario, where participants are invited to choose alternate names and engage in rest and play.
At Camp Reset, Lara Margaret Marjerrison is known as Gem.
After Camp Reset 2023, Gem/Lara found herself pondering what, specifically, brought together 250 people from such diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. The People of Reset Series is an exploration in search of the through-line.
Learn more about Reset.
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INSIDE STORIES exists to foster connection in a world suffering and dying from disconnectivity. It seeks to examine the stories we tell and don’t tell and how that impacts us.
The INSIDE STORIES PEOPLE in PLACES PODCAST examines specifically our relationship with Place and its influence on our ways of existing, our beliefs about ourselves and others, and our sense of belonging…or not.
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