Suad Bushnaq

Originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sanita fled the Siege of Sarajevo and the genocide of her Bosniak people at the age of seven, living as a refugee, illegal immigrant, and "temporary guest" across three countries before seeking permanent refuge in Canada. Sanita articulated an artistic movement she calls Peasant Futurisms while completing her Ph. D. in Cultural Studies at Queen's University.
Peasant Futurisms expresses peasant perspectives of the future, past, and present through organic subsistence farming, local gift and cyclical economies, and collaborative labour models. The child of Bosniak peasants, Sanita is interested in healing people and the planet through peasant subsistence farming, permaculture gardening, agro-ecology, and organic regenerative agriculture (conservation and rehabilitation approaches to growing food).
Blissful State of Surrender was first produced by the Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa, from February 22 to March 6, 2022.