Ep. 64 - Kinetic Impossibilities (Everything Has Disappeared)

Gabrielle Martin chats with Hazel Venzon about Everything Has Disappeared, coming up at the 2026 PuSh Festival! Show Notes Gabrielle and Hazel discuss:  The Lapu Lapu tragedy in Vancouver, April 2025 What is the special impact of Philipinos in the world? How do we cope with tragedy and violence? Can visibilization be a form of celebration? How did values of intercultural exchange shape this work? About Everything Has Disappeared Through digital interactive technology (and a touch of magic), Everything Has Disappeared exposes the hidden architecture of the global economy: a system sustained by the labour, care, and migration of Filipino workers. From ships and oil fields to hospitals, factories, and care homes, Filipino hands keep the world turning—often without acknowledgment or visibility. In a blend of illusion, narrative, wit, and exploration, erasure transforms into revelation, confronting how our socioeconomic construct renders some lives essential yet unseen. Equal parts conjuring act and quiet celebration, Everything Has Disappeared illuminates the dignity and cultural spirit that persist within globalized structures, inviting us to contemplate how intricately necessary each and every one of us is, in order for the whole to fully exist.  About the Artists Based in Germany and Canada, Mammalian Diving Reflex is dedicated to investigating the social sphere, always on the lookout for contradictions to whip into aesthetically scintillating experiences. They create site and social-specific performance events, theatre productions, participatory gallery installations, videos, film, art objects and theoretical texts, collaborating with non-artists to create work that recognises the social responsibility of art, fosters a dialogue and dismantles barriers between individuals of all ages, cultural, economic and social backgrounds. Mammalian brings people together in new and unusual ways around the world, to create work that is engaging, challenging, and gets people talking, thinking and feeling. They make ideal entertainment for the end of the world. U  N  I  Together  (UNIT) Productions is a multi-media producing company for theatre, film, television and the web. Combining the producing, directing, writing, dramaturgy and artistic design talents of duo Hazel Venzon and David Oro, UNIT produces culturally bending content that brings new stories to the forefront. UNIT is passionate about amplifying POC stories and voices and are especially interested in narratives that illuminate Filipino-Canadian experience and diaspora. The Chop is a company that brings together artists to create new Canadian theatre. It was founded in 2006 in Vancouver, BC by Emelia Symington Fedy and Anita Rochon. The Chop is recognized for work that is sophisticatedly "simple" – that is, the artistic propositions are spare and clear so that complexities come from the depth of the investigation. Productions are characterized by an intentionally live and direct connection with the audience. Now led by Emelia Symington Fedy, The Chop has moved our creation hub to the Shuswap BC. The touring of new works starts from our office space in Vancouver, but all creation, mentorship, residencies and community involvement happens rurally. With 19 new works toured nationally and a strong international profile for our "carbon lite" programming, we're enjoying this additional role as rural artistic support system Land Acknowledgement This conversation was recorded on the unceded, stolen and ancestral territories of the Coast Salish Peoples: the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), colonially known as Vancouver. It is our duty to establish right relations with the people on whose territories we live and work, and with the land itself. Credits PuSh Play is produced by Ben Charland and Tricia Knowles. Original music by Joseph Hirabayashi. Show Transcript