The Splits​, 2015

"This stitching together of seemingly dissimilar pursuits somehow equalizes all activities to the same Absurdist status. By teasing out parallels - the incontestable and risible similarity in hue and texture of the dog’s fur, the client’s hair, and the fringe of Madame Toilette’s dress—a possible truth is presented: no life in whatever form is any more or less strange or ridiculous, no one activity any more or less likely to provide meaning to a life. Giving way to a carnivalesque collectivity, competitive eating, tap dancing, meat grinding, hula hooping become interchangeable expressions of humanity. " - Carey Schafer, 2016

CAST

hula hooper - BARBE ATWELL
skippers - SADIE BAIRD, LAUREN KIMOTO, BRITTANY VAN HERK, KAELI WIENS
gymnasts - KARINA HO, MIKE SERGEANT, SIOVHAN WILLIAMSON
weightlifters - ROSS FERGUSON, JAIME WILLIAMS
opera singer - JOEL KLEIN/MARIA TOILETTE
hot dog eater - MARK DELONG
dog trainers - FRED HAYWOOD, LINDA HAYWOOD
hairdresser - AMINA LASHKARY
client - LINDA LEWIS
pizza thrower - JOHAN BJORK
salami makers - ROGER ABALLINI, LEUNG MAN
tap dancers - RHYS ARRIETA, ROWAN BOSTOCK, ROY JUO, BRYCE MILLWAY
mouth harpist - KATIE PIASTA
burlesque dancer - LOLA FROST

CREW

Directed & Edited by ALLISON HRABLUIK
Director of Photography DAVID EHRENREICH

FUNDING SUPPORT

British Columbia Arts Council

EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS

KENDERDINE ART GALLERY, Saskatoon, 2024
THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 2021
THE BOWS ART GALLERY, Calgary, 2018
KAMLOOPS ART GALLERY, 2018
NEW DOCUMENTARY, THE CINEMATEQUE, VANCOUVER 2018
THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 2017
SFU ART GALLERY, Burnaby, BC, 2016
CONFEDERATION CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, Charlottetown, 2016
IMAGES FESTIVAL, Toronto, 2016
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, 2016
KASSEL DOKFEST, 2015

WRITING

Jacqueline Ross review in C Magazine 131, Autumn, 2016

Rosemary Heather interview,  MOMUS,

Allison Hrabluik on The Unscripted Magic of The Splits