What happens when the entire world is given a licence to critique and can hide behind fake usernames, spoofed emails, and anonymous comment boards? What happens when the online world explodes with armchair experts and basement professionals?

Inspired by ridiculous hate mail and anonymous trolls who hide within the interweb, Hate Mail brings them the 15 minutes of fame they didn’t expect, but secretly desired through the voice, contrabassoon and piano.

HATE MAIL & Irreconcilable Trolls
by Spy Dénommé-Welch & Catherine​ Magowan

20 minutes
voice, contrabassoon, piano, electronics, projections

Performance history
November 18, 2017: Weesageechak XXX (Native Earth Performing Arts, Aki Studio, Toronto)

Featuring: Nicole-Joy Fraser, Graham Martin, Cecilia Lee, Spy Dénommé-Welch, Catherine Magowan

May 29, 2019: Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO): The Gathering – Indigenous Activism in the Arts  (Aki Studio, Toronto)

Featuring: Conlin Delbaere-Sawchuck, Graham Martin, Cecilia Lee, Spy Dénommé-Welch, Catherine Magowan

Development history
November 18, 2017: Weesageechak XXX (Native Earth Performing Arts, Aki Studio, Toronto)

Featuring: Nicole-Joy Fraser, Graham Martin, Cecilia Lee, Spy Dénommé-Welch, Catherine Magowan