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, …
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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God PlayTanya Mars and Andrew James PatersonTuesday October 1 – Saturday October 19, 2024Open Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm ; Saturday 1 – 5 pmBashir/Yerex Presentation Space, 401 Richmond Street West, suite 440 OPENING RECEPTIONFriday October 4, 5 – 7 pm(artists will be present) Presented by Vtape; curated by TPAC Vtape and …
Friday October 4 5 pm401 Commons, 4th floor, 401 Richmond Street To commemorate the 13th 7a*11d Festival from 2022, which had no concurrent print catalogue, this year we’re offering a retrospective package set of trading cards for each presenting artist in an edition of 100 at a cost of $20/set. Two cards per artist showcase …
Publication Launch: 2022 7a*11d Festival Trading Cards Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 …
Performance Art Daily October 10, 2024: seth cardinal dodginghorse Read More »
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 …
Jackson 2BEARS and January ROGERS of 2Ro Mediainterviewed by Paul CouillardReflections on spiritual practices rooted in or connected to place, the sense of responsibility to an audience, and their 3-part set of outdoor actions at 7a*11d, Medicine Shadowwith English closed captions
Jessica THOMPSONinterviewed by Paul CouillardReflections on hybrid artist practices, calling out systems of oppression, and DoubleBind, the artist’s wearable art project—a hoodie that tweets for you as you walk through the Queen Street West neighbourhood—presented at 7a*11d and as part of KinesTHESESwith English closed captions