Alison Knowles Birthday Party FUNDRAISER

In this black and white photograph, a woman with glasses stands in a long, narrow room. She stands to the side of a large hinged display panel, taller than the woman and featuring multiple images. A manual typewriter rests on a small table in front. Other artworks can be seen on the side walls of the room.

TPAC FUNDRAISER COMING WEDNESDAY APRIL 29. Three sittings only: 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:30 pm. Toronto Performance Art Collective, best known for bringing Toronto the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, invites you to a fundraising event like no other. Join us in a private home as collective members interpret the late, great Fluxus […]

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The Work of the Artist-Archivist in the Age of Machinic Devouring

A pair of hands wearing white gloves begin to open a large book with a blue cover entitled "Towards and Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge".

Translocal Action Dialogues on Digital Archives (TADDA), in collaboration with the Toronto Performance Art Collective (TPAC), is delighted to invite you to The Work of the Artist-Archivist in the Age of Machinic Devouring. A Special Evening with Dinner, Performance, and Long Table Discussion WHEN: Tuesday, 9th December 2025, 18:00 – 21:00WHERE: Vtape, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite

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Call and response

Tess Martens, shot from above and behind so that we only see her from the back, sits naked, curled up with her arm over one knee, facing two audience members sitting on folding chairs. She sits on satin-y shimmering fabrics, lit by a red light. Her brown hair is shoulder length, her figure appears fulsome, and a large tattoo is evident on one thigh.

Sorry, you just had to be there! It’s something often said about performance art—that it’s fleeting, ephemeral, it leaves no traces behind. That the nuance of a performing body cannot be reproduced in other media—that something is lost when it is archived through the imperfect frames of photography, or video recording, or, in my case,

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Margaret Dragu’s TYPICAL DAY podcast series: 7a*11d edition

In this screen shot from Margaret Dragu's Typical Day: James Knott illustrated audio podcast, a person wearing tortoise shell glasses faces the camera. The name James Knott appears in pink letters across the upper part of the screen. James's head is propped against one arm. In their other hand, they hold a cellphone, face turned toward the camera, with the 2024 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art logo displayed.

TYPICAL DAY is an illustrated audio podcast series by Verb Frau TV and supportTHEsupport  that profiles how artists and other cultural workers live. The format is inspired by the antique illustrated dictionaries I loved as a young child hanging out in the public library; and also, the monthly quizzes at the front of Cosmopolitan magazine.

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Performance Art Daily October 12, 2024: Andrew James Paterson, Éminence Grise, in conversation with Bridget Moser

A man and a woman stand arm-in-arm. The man, dressed in a dark sweater and yellow baseball cap, holds forward a paper plate piled with loose videotape. his eyes are closed. The woman holds a painting with the words per / form / art. She is smiling.

Saturday October 12, 12 pm401 Commons, 4th floor 401 Richmond Street WestSponsored by Vtape In conjunction with God Play, Vtape’s video exhibition featuring Tanya Mars and Andrew James Paterson (this year’s 7a*11d Éminences Grises), join us for a conversation between Andrew James Paterson and Bridget Moser. Paterson will share anecdotes from his personal history as

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Performance Art Daily October 11, 2024: Juma Pariri, Theo Jean Cuthand, and Archer Pechawis

A naked female figure, covered in clear plastic balloons, is moving on all fours along the top of a low brick wall. Behind her are two connected cabins of a silver subway train. On the concrete foreground are some mismatched chairs and a number of planters, some with living plants in them.

Friday October 11, 12 pmTangled Art + Disability, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 124In partnership with Hemispheric Encounters and Tangled Art + DisabilitySpecial thanks to Laura Levin and Tracy Tidgwell A conversation between Archer Pechawis, Theo Jean Cuthand, and Juma Pariri, whose works highlight diverse contemporary Indigenous experiences through mixed media, performance, pedagogy, and environmental

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Performance Art Daily October 10, 2024: seth cardinal dodginghorse

In this black and white image, a long-haired young man dressed in a white long-sleeve shirt, black jeans and running shoes kneels in front of a small blanket set with electronic equipment. He holds a microphone in one hand. His arms and wrists are adorned with strips of dance bells.

Thursday October 10, 12 pmDonald Burwash Dining Room, Hart House, 2nd floor, West Wing 7 Hart House Circlesponsored by University of Toronto Hart House Multidisciplinary artist seth cardinal dodginghorse shares their art practice and discusses their new sound work dirt song. They will perform a sound composition from dirt song, which was originally commissioned by

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Performance Art Daily October 9, 2024: Tanya Mars, Éminence Grise, in conversation with Shannon Cochrane

A figure in a dark cloak with a beak mask stands in a barren landscape. She is pulling a sled behind her with long ropes. The sled has a wooden chair and a blue plastic box on it. In the background, mountains with partially covered snow rise in the distance.

Wednesday October 9, 12 pm401 Commons, 4th Floor, 401 Richmond Street WestSponsored by Vtape In conjunction with God Play, Vtape’s video exhibition featuring Tanya Mars and Andrew James Paterson (this year’s 7a*11d Éminences Grises), join us for a conversation between Tanya Mars and Shannon Cochrane (director of FADO Performance Art Centre and TPAC alumni). Mars

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