009 | The People of Reset Series: PARADISE

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This episode is dedicated to the family and friends of Michael Murray in his memory. 

Nikola Steer (AKA Paradise) talks about her roots in the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood of Toronto, her passion for weaving together contrasting and complimentary aspects of art and the architecture of life, and her passion for play and wonder.

GUEST BIO: Nikola Steer is a polyonymous and multidisciplinary artist with an ever-expanding practice in visual, performance, photography-based, and immersive experience arts. She is perhaps best known for her award-winning burlesque career as Coco Framboise. In her creative consultancy she serves artists as a curious coach and savvy provocateur, and she collaborates with organizations to uplift values, catalyze contacts, and make deeper offerings. She considers wonder to be among her most passionate tools to re-human humanity. Those who know her best know that she’s a silly menace in the DMs, speaking mostly in GIFs after 10 pm. And if you can’t find her at a party, check under the piano — she knows it’s the most magical spot to lie in the room.

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RESET is a non-profit social enterprise that addresses loneliness by creating liminal and permanent social infrastructure including adult summer camp, pop-up playgrounds, and more.

The Reset Living Room is located in Little Jamaica at 634 Vaughan Road in Toronto.

Camp Reset is an annual four-day tech-free, "no-work-talk" immersive experience that takes place at a traditional summer camp in Bancroft, Ontario, where participants are invited to choose alternate names and engage in rest and play.

At Camp Reset, Lara Margaret Marjerrison is known as Gem.

After Camp Reset 2023, Gem/Lara found herself pondering what, specifically, brought together 250 people from such diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. The People of Reset Series is an exploration in search of the through-line.

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INSIDE STORIES exists to foster connection in a world suffering and dying from disconnectivity. It seeks to examine the stories we tell and don’t tell and how that impacts us.

The INSIDE STORIES PEOPLE in PLACES PODCAST examines specifically our relationship with Place and its influence on our ways of existing, our beliefs about ourselves and others, and our sense of belonging…or not.