In Memoriam: Ben Patterson
By Paul Couillard Ben Patterson | May 29, 1934 - June 25, 2016 Ben Patterson's appearance in the third 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art in 2002 was a momentous occasion, one that prompted the ...
In Memoriam: Aiyyana Maracle
By Paul Couillard Aiyyana Maracle | November 25, 1950 — April 24, 2016 Aiyyana Maracle was a fierce soul with a gentle but powerful voice. In "A Journey in Gender," an article published in torquere,[1] ...
In Memoriam: Rachel Rosenthal
By Paul Couillard Rachel Rosenthal | November 9, 1926 – May 10, 2015 Going to see Rachel Rosenthal's Gaia, Mon Amour in Ottawa in 1983 changed my life, prompting me to become both an artist ...
In Memoriam: Frank Green
By Paul Couillard Frank Green | July 28, 1957 - January 23, 2013 Frank Green—activist, writer, arts critic and performance artist—died in 2013 at the age of 55. Online obituaries pointedly identify the cause of ...
2016 Publications and Multiples Launch
Publications and Multiples Launch Sunday October 16 2:30 pm OCAD U | 100 McCaul St Room 264 ...
Narrative engagement and the process of mattering
By Jenn Snider and Alison Cooley lo bil, The Clearing 7a*11d 2014 PHOTO Henry Chan To cap off the 2014 Festival Blog, Alison Cooley proposed that she and I (Jenn Snider) have a conversation about ...
For the Disappeared
By Jenn Snider On the last day of the festival, November 2nd, 2014, Roberto de la Torre opened the final set of performances. It is safe to assume that most who gathered that chilly late ...
Maria Hupfield: While you were away
By Jenn Snider Back in 2012, Maria Hupfield performed Fixed Time as part of the 9th annual 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art. In that piece, Hupfield used her body as means to confront the ...
Among the aural fragments and the deep shallows
By Jenn Snider At first blush, Linda Rae Dornan’s performance Calling the Cukoo exists at a crossroads of language, the body, and aurality. Standing in the center of the performing area she breathes a wheezing ...
Dispatch I from Landsgemeinde
By Alison Cooley claude wittmann has only one egalitarian action on the list which he promised to develop over the course of Radio Equals. Fittingly, the action on his list is exactly what he has ...