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.
VERB FRAU TV began in 2011; and supportTHEsupport began in 2019. They are about service, care, community building, friendship, health and love. They blur definitions of performance with hybrid experiences: combinations of live in person, live on ZOOM, live streaming; and recorded/edited/screened in public/private, and posted on social media to be watched on your phone. VERB FRAU and supportTHEsupport ask “is it live or is it MEMOREX?”
Margaret Dragu was the recipient of the Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts in 2012, Éminence Grise (2012) for 7a*11d, and, in 2000, first artist in FADO’s publication series Canadian Performance Art Legends. Dragu works in video, installation, web/analogue publication & performance. Spanning relational, durational, interventionist and community-based practices, she has shown in Canada, USA & Europe.
To see more of Margaret Dragu’s ‘Typical Day” interviews, visit her Vimeo page.
TYPICAL DAY: Kiera Boult Margaret Dragu profiles TPAC curator Kiera Boult ©Margaret Dragu 2024
TYPICAL DAY: Hengjie (Jeff) Zhao Margaret Dragu profiles Peppercorn Imagine co-founder and 7a*11d documenter Jeff Zhao ©Margaret Dragu 2024
TYPICAL DAY: James Knott Margaret Dragu profiles TPAC curator James Knott ©Margaret Dragu 2024
TYPICAL DAY: James Knott Margaret Dragu profiles TPAC curator Francisco-Fernando Granados ©Margaret Dragu 2024
TYPICAL DAY: Allison Cummings Margaret Dragu profiles Moonhorse Dance Theatre director and 7a*11d alumni Allison Cummings ©Margaret Dragu 2024