THIRST TRAP
Ray Young (UK)
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THIRST TRAP is a sound piece that audiences experience from the comfort of their bathtubs, examining the potential consequences the future might hold if the world’s resources continue to be plundered. Originally conceived during lockdown, the piece bridges distance and fosters connection through shared action, emphasizing how self-care and environmental care are inextricably linked.
Participants receive a curated pack of multi-sensory materials to transform their bathing environment into a site of reflection, all handmade or sourced from small businesses to minimize waste and postage. Part-narrative, part-meditation, the work encourages us to reconnect with our bodies, minds and surroundings.
Audiences are invited to contemplate the correlation between climate and social justice within the context of colonialism, greed and ownership that have driven environmental destruction. Far from passive rumination, the work reminds us that only through collective action can we begin reshaping a future built on equity and sustainability.
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Artist Bio
Ray Young
Ray Young is an award winning trans-disciplinary performance artist, theatre maker, director and writer. Their practice exists at the boundaries of activism, queerness, race and neuro-diversity, holding space for those at the intersection of multiple identities, through collaboration and resistance to traditional form. In recent years Ray’s work has focussed on using their art to foster notions of rest, care and recovery, and what it means to both create and receive art as a neurodivergent person, considering a slower pace, and stepping outside of the capitalist ideologies of production. They are keen to explore how to build a practice that is more holistic both in terms of the whole self, and in drawing together art, nature and technology. Their work has been presented widely across the UK and internationally – including Portland, Geneva, Mexico City, Skopje and Vienna.
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Writer and Creator Ray Young Producer Nancy May Roberts Production Management Lindley Productions Sound Designer Alicia Jane Turner Original Designer (2020) Rosie Elnile Designer (2022) Rūta Irbīte Dramaturg Season Butler Narrator Flo Wilson Climate Justice Consultant Suzanne Dhaliwal Original Image Nick Cobby 2022 Image Sam Thorne Production Images Graham Turner