Kate Wake is a fictional narrative about two women, one contemporary (Katie) and one historical (Kate Wake). The multi-genre, poetic account also delves into the history of psychiatric health practices on the Canadian prairies.
Kate Wake is loosely guided by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. I understand this myth as a working-through of loss by an individual compelled to return to the original scene (of loss), a sort of underworld ruled by sleep, memory and the unconscious. Doing so is risky, but may also result in a movement towards recovery, reparation and renewal: even if uncertain, a future.
Drawing on lexicons of music, visual art, poetry and psychoanalysis, Kate Wake develops themes of loss, hope and possibility as they might be found in the struggle of making a work of art. / February 2012
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/4985 |
| Date | 24 November 2011 |
| Creators | Wiebe, Mariianne Mays |
| Contributors | Toles, George (English, Film and Theatre), Sinclair, Struan (English, Film, and Theatre) Alexandrin, Elizabeth (Religion) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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