Future Past x Slow Social

hosted by Barbara Adler / The Only Animal

🗓️ February 1, 2026 at 2 PM
📍 Marcuse Studio, 7th floor, Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie Street)

💭 FREE to attend with RSVP.
💭 No experience required and all materials provided.

a handmade post show discussion for opening portals into futures and trying to imagine them…

Meet the artists of Catching Up to the Future of Our Past through The Only Animal’s Slow Social, a temporary slow zone for conversation, connection and handcraft. As the unmoderated artist talk unfolds, we’ll share materials and methods to create simple textile pieces – continuing the creative energy of the performance and opening portals to something new.

Set in a soft, natural-dyed textile installation, Slow Socials are improvised and co-created with the public using materials we grow and gather close to home. Each iteration leaves traces that are gradually patchworked into the installation, setting the stage for future events.

Presented by Plastic Orchid Factory in partnership with The Only Animal and The Dance Centre

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ACCESSIBILITY NOTES: 

• The event takes place in Marcuse Studio on the 7th floor.
• There is a gender-inclusive washroom with closed stall.
• We strive to be a scent-reduced space — please avoid perfumes or strong deodorants.
• Service animals are welcome.
• The venue is accessible by elevator, with step-free access and accessible washrooms.
  If you have specific accessibility needs or questions, please contact us at studiorentals@thedancecentre.ca before your visit.

We look forward to welcoming you! :)

Plastic Orchid Factory and Left of Main are located in the heart of Historic Chinatown on the unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people. As artists who live, work and play on these lands, we strive to be allied with, learn from and acknowledge the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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