By Michelle Lacombe Misplaced Women? When I arrive at Dundas and McCaul Street, a public has already gathered, creating semi circle around a woman who is holding a sign on which “MISPLACED WOMEN?” is hand-written. She is casual and seems to be waiting for something to happen. The public waits with her. Meanwhile, I scan …
By Michelle Lacombe s c r a t c h Earlier today I watched a video of a chameleon hatching. This curious bodily thing in someone’s hand writhing in a soft shell until it emerged different and new. I kept flashing back to it during Joseph Raven’s performance. Probably because transformation, or metamorphosis, was the …
By Michelle Lacombe The Arrival A row of red origami boats float above a long table covered in a bank of salt and more carefully lined up paper boats. The set up is simple, beautiful and calls for activation. However, before we see the artist, a recording of diverse voices repeating the same question fills …
By Michelle Lacombe Les Daré Lo Que Quieren ( I will give them what they want) I will preface this post by clearly stating that I have a really difficult time with what I consider to be artistic displays of destructive and violent masculinity. I don’t care if it’s ironic or poetic. I am not …
By Jessica Karuhanga Avant Niagara Falls We return to our seats to witness Avant Niagara Falls. This enactment is part one of two symbiotic gestures of a vision. The companion performance, Après Niagara Falls, will materialize next week. Waterfalls are a magnificent source of charging energy with constantly looping current. A desk sits in the …
By Jessica Karuhanga #MenstrualAccessory Rose, magenta, coral, gold and yellow. These are the hues you may potentially use to embellish and enjoy the stains left as remains from bodies performing their menstrual cycle. Vanessa Dion Fletcher acts as both an entrepreneur and our motivational speaker. We wait while elevator music plays softly in the background. …
By Jessica Karuhanga Sound performance with newspaper Sound performance with little objects Bartolomé Ferrando tells us he is is going to perform four pieces. He needs our help for the first piece. He hands out tissues to the audience. Whenever he repeats a gesture we blew our noises emphatically into our personal tissues. The audience …
Saturday October 22 12:30 pm
OCAD U 100 McCaul St | Rm 284
Addressing cultural heritage through performance
Annie Onyi CHEUNG
Chun Hua Catherine DONG
moderated by Tanya MARS
Thursday October 20 12:30 pm
Theatre Centre
International performance art festivals and venues II
Silvio DE GRACIA
Joseph RAVENS
Wednesday October 19 12:30 pm
Theatre Centre
*ASL interpretation provided
Disabled bodies in performance
Cindy BAKER
Vanessa Dion FLETCHER
moderated by jes sachse