2010

Michael Fernandes: Doing Things with Strangers, Toronto Free Gallery, Wednesday, October 27, 2010 (NL)

Michael Fernandes on the street, Doing Things with Strangers

By Natalie Loveless I’m meeting Michael Fernandes at noon at the Toronto Free Gallery. Today is the first of four days that Fernandes will be performing, from noon to 5 pm, locations TBA. As I walk along Bloor, I see him seated on a chain across the entrance to a car dealership. He stares into …

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October 27, 2010: Performance Art Daily: The Performative?

Sylvie Tourangeau, Victoria Stanton and Anne Bérubé present "The Performative?" at Toronto Free Gallery.

Performance Art Daily: The Performative?Toronto Free Gallery | 1277 Bloor St WArtist Talks: October 27TouVA Collective (Anne BÉRUBÉ, Victoria STANTON, Sylvie TOURANGEAU), hosted by Paul COUILLARD Presented by Toronto Free Gallery in collaboration with 7a*11d The TouVA Collective discusses their research into “the performative.” They are currently co-authoring a book project that seeks to reexamine …

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Sunday, October 24, 2010 (DB)

Bojana Videkanic performing ‘Skin’ at XPACE.

By Daniel Baird Most performance artists insist that what they do is distinct from what is disparagingly termed “mere spectacle.”  I take this to mean something like this: performance is not reducible to the images it might result in, which can be remarkably beautiful or grotesque, but rather consists in the ineluctable series of acts …

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sittin’—Day 5

Tuesday, October 26, 2010—Union Station 9 am – 5 pm this morning one of the ‘red caps’ walked over to where i was sitting, stuck out his hand, and said, “hi, i’m dan.” i took his hand, smiled, and said, “hi, i’m karen.” – karen elaine spncer

The TouVA Collective (Sylvie Tourangeau, Victoria Stanton, and Anne Bérubé): The 7th Sense, Toronto Free Gallery, Tuesday, October 26, 2010 (NL)

The TouVA Collective (Sylvie Tourangeau, Victoria Stanton, and Anne Bérubé) performing ‘The 7th Sense’ at Toronto Free Gallery.

By Natalie Loveless The space has chairs on two walls. In the center lies a bolt of red and yellow mottled cloth, three bottles of juice-like liquid (yellow, orange and red), three wine glasses, an orange, apple and banana stacked on three sheets of tissue paper (again, red, orange and yellow), and a long spiral …

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October 26, 2010: Performance Art Daily

Jess Dobkin, Stein Henningsen, Chuyia Chia, Carlos Monroy speak during Performance Art Daily, October 26, 2010 at Toronto Free Gallery

Performance Art DailyToronto Free Gallery | 1277 Bloor St WArtist Talks: October 26Chuyia CHIA, Stein HENNINGSEN, and Carlos MONROY, moderated by Jess DOBKINPresented 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 local artists. The shows …

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sittin’—Day 4

Sunday, October 24, 2010—Union Station 10 am – 5 pm every morning i take myself to a place of transit. here i sit, mostly; but i also stand up, walk around, go to the washroom, eat and drink. i do not read or write, text or call, photograph or videotape. nor do i capture sound. …

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karen elaine spencer: sittin’, Union Station, Sunday, October 24, 2010 / Day Four (NL)

karen elaine spencer performing ‘sittin’ at Union Station.

By Natalie Loveless We are less than halfway through karen elaine spencer’s ten-day performance action: sitting for eight hours a day on a set of benches near the Front street entrance of Toronto’s Union Station. I approach the performance site half expecting not to see her. Expecting that at this point she might foil expectations, …

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October 24, 2010: Performance Art Daily

Paul Couillard, Brian Connolly, Robin Brass and Maurice Blok at Performance Art Daily panel discussion

Performance Art DailyToronto Free Gallery | 1277 Bloor St WArtist Talks: Sunday October 24 Maurice BLOK, Robin BRASS, and Brian CONNOLLY, moderated by Paul COUILLARDPresented 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 local artists. …

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