7a*11d blog: 2008 & 2010
These copy-edited versions of our first festival blogs (from 2008 and 2010) were originally published on blogspot. The original, “legacy” versions can be found at http://7a11d.blogspot.ca/.
2010
Final words (DB)
By Daniel Baird In his incomparable Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga argued, at length and with vast erudition, that the idea of play is at the origins of our idea of thinking. What he meant by “thinking” was not a purely private, introspective process, something done by solitary individuals in their studies or monk’s cells, but …
October 31, 2010: Performance Art Daily: Invaders of the Everyday?
Performance Art Daily: Invaders of the Everyday? closing panelXPACE Cultural Centre | 58 Ossington AveClosing Panel: Sunday October 31 2 pmMichael FERNANDES, karen elaine spencer, Joakim STAMPE, Victoria STANTON, moderated by Johanna HOUSEHOLDERPresented by Toronto Free Gallery in collaboration with 7a*11d The art/life dichotomy was a driving tension of twentieth century art, fuelling the anti-spectacle sentiments of much performance art as well …
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sittin’—Day 9
Saturday, October 30, 2010—Union Station 10 am – 5 pm he asked me what i was doing here. i replied, “working.” i then contextualized this by saying i was doing research, embodied research, researching what it was to be a stationary presence within a place of transit. he accepted my explanation saying if there was …
October 30, 2010: Performance Art Daily
Performance Art DailyToronto Free Gallery | 1277 Bloor St WArtist Talks: October 30 12 pmPancho LÓPEZ, Francis O’SHAUGHNESSY & Sara LÉTOURNEAU, Martine VIALE, moderated by Bojana VIDEKANICPresented by Toronto Free Gallery in collaboration with 7a*11d Performance Art Daily is a noon-hour artist talk show series featuring many of the festival’s visiting artists in conversation with …
Carlos Monroy, St. Lawrence Market, Saturday, October 30, 2010 (NL)
By Natalie Loveless I approach the St. Lawrence Street Market from Union Station. It is slightly chilly on this second to last day of the festival. I am looking for the CMG Performance Art Services booth, which has been described to me as an organization by and for artists, figure-headed by Colombian artist Carlos Monroy, …
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Berenicci Hershorn, XPACE, Saturday, October 30, 2010 (NL)
By Natalie Loveless As I head down the stairs to XPACE’s basement area, XBASE, I hear a faint digital soundtrack that manages to entice me and make me uneasy all at once. It is high pitched and rhythmic, like the clicking and beeping of some alien Pygmy music. At the far end of the basement, …
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Roddy Hunter through Michael Fernandes, Toronto Free Gallery, Friday, October 29, 2010 (NL)
By Natalie Loveless My day starts, again, by going to the Toronto Free Gallery at noon to meet with Michael Fernandes and witness his ongoing Doing Things With Strangers. For four days of the festival, loosely between the hours of noon and five, we have all been put on alert: Michael Fernandes is performing in …
sittin’—Day 8
Friday, October 29, 2010—Union Station 9 am – 5 pm if you come to see me but cannot find me, does this mean you missed my performance? this is not my question. if you come to see me but cannot locate me, my question is, “what does this produce?” -karen elaine spncer
October 29, 2010: Performance Art Daily: Friendly Globalism?
Performance Art Daily: Friendly Globalism?Toronto Free Gallery | 1277 Bloor St WArtist Talks: October 29Roddy HUNTER, hosted by Paul COUILLARDPresented by Toronto Free Gallery in collaboration with 7a*11d In his lecture, “Notes Toward ‘The Eternal Network in the Era of Globalization”, guest artist Roddy Hunter thinks critically about how globalized politics have impacted—and even engendered—an …
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