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By Michelle Lacombe Daylighting Walks Despite actually arriving early, the first time I attend Elizabeth Chitty’s Daylighting Walks I manage to miss the introduction, which frames the action for participants. Consequently, I do not participate ...

By Michelle Lacombe Brush, Paper, Scissors I totally love to see a performance and, as I watch it, to realize that I have seen this artist’s work before. This happened with Sue Murad, who I ...

By Jessica Karuhanga VERB FRAU TV Season 5: 7a*11d VERB FRAU TV Season 5: Episode 9 (pre)rolling and (w)rapping, 7a*11d 2016 VIDEO STILL I have just returned from the kitchen with Michelle. We were guests ...

By Jessica Karuhanga 150 Blows On a Saturday afternoon I arrive in a corridor shaped like a waiting room for a spa or treatment centre. An assistant greets me at a desk and asks if ...

By Jessica Karuhanga Some Reconstructions The room is book-ended by two boards on wheels. Stacks of vertically placed card-stock lean against these dividers. These piles are organized by colour or shade. Their surfaces are black, ...

By Jessica Karuhanga To dare is to do Serge Olivier Fokoua has stated the objects he uses in his performances are diverted from their original context to achieve the effect of collision. After witnessing his ...

By Jessica Karuhanga How I can—well-enough (or showing my work) Annie Onyi Cheung, How I can—well-enough (or showing my work) 7a*11d 2016 PHOTO Henry Chan Every. Every time. Time. Overtime. Overtime I plan. Overtime I ...

By Michelle Lacombe The Nihilist Please play while you read. Like many of the other performances, before Kevin McKenzie enters the space, a stage (for lack of a better word) is set. Most prominent is ...

By Michelle Lacombe Untitled We are told that Selma Selman, a young Roma artist currently attending university in the USA, is not at the festival. She was denied a travel visa from the Canadian government ...

By Jessica Karuhanga Justice (After Margaret Dragu) Kate Barry’s Justice (After Margaret Dragu) is imbued with symbolism. Barry, maintaining a direct meandering gaze, leads us through a cycle of potent gestures. Her gaze is defiant ...