Artist Margaret Dragu returns for a fifth season of Verb Frau; an ongoing experiment in broadcast that consolidates many of Dragu’s personae in Verb Frau TV as feature interviewer, performer, and personality, Verb Frau, investigating contemporary performance art practice through conversations with international artists, from the new and emerging to the senior and famous.
In 2016, we invited Vancouver-based artist Margaret Dragu to create a daily livestream during the 11th 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, which resulted in the production of VERB FRAU TV Season 5: 7a*11d. She loved it so much, she decided to return for our 2018 edition to interview a number of our visiting artists …
Did you miss an episode of the live-streamed VERB FRAU TV, Season 5? Can’t wait for the high-quality faster-paced, edited-for-prime-time version to be published? It’s OK, you’re in luck! Here is the link to those “dead” livestreams, like virtually being there all over again:
https://youtu.be/9UhY9cnh6Is (Ep. 1 w/Kate Barry; preroll ends approx. 23 minutes in)
https://youtu.be/FCtrAhMFvTk (Ep. 2 w/Bartolomé Ferrando; preroll ends approx. 17 minutes in)
https://youtu.be/1W0cyhNpecc (Ep. 3 w/Golboo Amani; preroll ends approx. 26 minutes in)
https://youtu.be/08z79ZJVWHU(Ep. 4 w/Catherine Dong; preroll ends approx. 21 minutes in)
https://youtu.be/OLlKbBgVIGg (Ep. 5 w/Paul Couillard; preroll ends approx. 28 minutes in)
By Jessica Karuhanga VERB FRAU TV Season 5: 7a*11d I have just returned from the kitchen with Michelle. We were guests on the last episode of the fifth season of VERB FRAU TV. Well, it was more of a follow-up to close the season. The idea behind our debrief was in essence to unravel and …
By Jessica Karuhanga A conversation between Jessica Karuhanga and Michelle Lacombe M. Having seen some previous editions of 7a*11d, what, to you, distinguished this one from other incarnations? Did it feel representative of the festival? J. I have attended the last three iterations of 7a*11d so I will speak to these experiences. What I know …