Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa: Séance for Extinct Species of Birds

An ongoing project which explores visualization and invocation as (re)generative modes of cross-temporal and interspecies connection. In this workshop, Ramírez-Figueroa will guide participants through a collective visualization exercise that seeks to conjure the spirits of extinct birds. Through ritual, drawing, vocalization, and shared acts of imagination, participants will explore how we might listen beyond temporal and species boundaries, and how new auditory, linguistic, and artistic connections might emerge when direct access is no longer possible. The performance will inform the artist’s presentation during the assembly Night follows night, and the two and three-stringed instruments talk to each other taking place at Emily Carr University of Art + Design on October 31, 2026. Open to all, with no previous experience in performance, drawing, or singing required. The workshop involves scent, and all materials will be supplied. Limited to 18 participants. Accessibility The Grand Luxe Hall is located on the second floor of Western Front, which is accessed by a flight of twenty-six stairs. Alternative formats: Live ASL interpretation available upon request. Further details about accessibility at Western Front can be found here. Acknowledgements 100 Years in the Making | This event is organized in support of ECU 100, Emily Carr University of Art + Design’s centennial anniversary. Presented with support from the Audain Foundation. Organized by Libby Leshgold Gallery, Western Front, and the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory at the University of British Columbia, with additional support from the Audain Endowment for Curatorial Studies; the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery; the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Fund; Critical Image Forum; and the Curatorial Research Cluster at the University of British Columbia.