2002 • 4th 7a*11d Festival
In the 6 years since 7a*11d began producing its festival, we have seen an explosion of new activity both in Canada and around the world. When we began producing 7a*11d, we were the only such festival in English Canada; now there are ongoing festivals in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Montreal. There has been tremendous growth in both audiences and the number of artists exploring this form.
Performance art remains at the cutting edge of cultural exploration, grappling with key issues of our physical, emotional, social, political and spiritual bodies. Audiences respond to performance art’s unlimited possibilities and to its focus on live presence, which is at the core of human experience. As technology pushes us further and further in the territory of the ‘virtual’, performance art continues to remind us of the essential lessons of the body, and what it means that we all breathe the same air.
7a*11d proudly remains Toronto’s only International Festival of Performance Art. And because we are unique, we aren’t fooling around. This year we have assembled a group of emerging and established performance artists from the UK, Finland, Indonesia, Germany, USA, Japan and across Canada who will descend on Toronto from October 31 to offer new performance works, round-up panel discussion, film and video screenings, a special d2d (‘direct to documentation’) video lounge, a book launch and culminating in a final festival closing performance event that should only be described as interactive installation mayhem.
Joins us for an opportunity to experience progressive and provocative performance works by over 20 of the world’s most innovative, exciting and (in some cases) legendary artists. This year, 7a*11d is honored to present new works by performance art pioneers Roi Vaara, Bruce Barber, Clive Robertson and Skip Arnold. We are delighted to present offerings from a roster of international new contemporaries including André-Philip Lemke and Anita Ponton. Canadian favorites include Daniel Barrow, Diane Landry, _badpacket_ , Pierre Beaudoin and Cheli Nighttraveller. We are also excited to present our co-sponsorships: A Space presents Tari Ito; FADO presents performances by Iwan Wijono, Mimi Nakajima, Shin-Ichi Arai and launches a new book on the work of Margaret Dragu; Pleasure Dome presents Istvan Kantor Monty Cantsin? Amen; YYZ Artists’ Outlet presents Beagles and Ramsay’s performance/installation Burgerheaven; and 7a*11d also presents d2d, our own special presentation of direct to documentation performance videos.
Artists
Schedule
Special Progrmming
d2d = direct to documentation 2002
d2d = direct to documentation Sunday November 3 2 pm Art System
ReciproCity/RéciproCité Collective Improvisation
ReciproCity/RéciproCité Collective Saturday November 9 8 pm
Images versus Iconoclasms or shooting sacred cows from a train of thought (panel discussion)
Images versus Iconoclasms or shooting sacred cows from a train of thought Sunday November 10 2 pm Art System
Parallel Events and Co-sponsorships
A Space presents Tari Ito Where Is the Fear?
Where Is The FearSaturday October 26 7 pm (Opening Performance/Reception)Exhibition continues to Saturday November 23A Space | 401 Richmond St W, Suite 110 Queerish Talk panel discussionTuesday October 29 7 pmCameron House | 408 Queen St W A program of the 4th 7a*11d International Festival of Performance ArtCurated by Rochelle Holt for A Space The …
Fado Performance Inc.'s Public Space/Private Places (2002)
Fado’s Public Spaces/Private Places is a three-year long international series exploring the elements that turn neutral ‘space’ into meaningful ‘place’ through performances that examine the degrees of intimacy, connection and interaction that mark the dividing line between public and private. The series explores the points where identity and geography intersect to generate meaning. A program …
Fado Performance Inc.'s International Visiting Artists Series
Mimi Nakajima and Shin-Ichi Arai are part of a recent trend in Japanese performance art toward a rawer, more direct style, eschewing the formalism and romanticism of an earlier generation of Japanese artists. While traces of the poetic influence remain, these artists’ works reveal their interest in casting an unblinking eye on our bodies as …
Fado Performance Inc. Publication Launch: La Dragu
La Dragu Book Launch Sunday November 10 1 pm Art System
YYZ presents Burgerheaven: The True Taste of Stardom
Burgerheaven: The True Taste of StardomWednesday November 6 7 pm (Opening reception)Exhibition continues to Saturday December 14YYZ | 401 Richmond St W, Suite 140 A program of the 4th 7a*11d International Festival of Performance ArtPresented by YYZ Artists’ Outlet Burgerheaven explores aspects of consumer culture and desire, focussing on the cult of celebrity and fast …
Venues
Art System
327 Spadina Ave,, 2nd floor
(north of Dundas St W, east side)
A Space Gallery
401 Richmond St W, Suite #110
(south of Queen St W, east of Spadina Ave)
YYZ Artists’ Outlet
401 Richmond St W, Suite #140
Latvian House
491 College St
(west of Bathurst St, south side)
