
2. Assembling a Toolkit vs. the Logic of the Archive
If we consider performance as 'of' disappearance, if we think of the ephemeral as that which 'vanishes,' and if we think of performance as the antithesis of preservation, do we limit ourselves to an understanding ...
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1. KinesTHESES Project Background: Introducing the Digital Toolkit Idea
By Paul Couillard KinesTHESES was developed and organized by me (Paul Couillard) under the auspices of the Toronto Performance Art Collective (TPAC) as an "off-year" project.[1] KinesTHESES features 10 artists, who were invited to develop ...
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13th 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art (2020) postponed
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 edition of the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art has been postponed. With the support of our key funders, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts ...
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Thursday November 21 session of claude wittmann’s work fully booked
Although claude wittmann's project drop in and i will pay you $15/hour: we will build bicycle wheels together to fundraise money for a lawyer is generally operating on a drop-in basis, claude has advised that ...
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KinesTHESES: Artist talk/negotiated interaction with Barak adé Soleil and claude wittmann
claude wittmann and Barak Adé Soleil in conversation with the audience, KinesTHESES 2019 VIDEO STILL Saturday November 9 2 pmWychwood Theatre (Wychwood Barns) 601 Christie St., Studio 176FREE Artists Barak adé Soleil and claude wittmann ...
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Body Atlas
PHOTO Paul Couillard Saturday August 24 2 pmBachir/Yerex Presentation Space @ 401 Commons, 401 Richmond Street West, 4th floor& live-streamedFREE Join ‘Dr. Margaret’ [Dragu] and ‘Dr. Fiona’ [Griffiths] for a walk and talk and do ...
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Verb Frau TV Season 7 now online
In 2016, we invited Vancouver-based artist Margaret Dragu to create a daily livestream during the 11th 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, which resulted in the production of VERB FRAU TV Season 5: 7a*11d. She ...
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Tender considerations
By Geneviève Wallen • Januray 14 2019. • As a writer commissioned to report on this year’s 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, this was the first time I had attended the entire festival. My ...
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RE:FRAMING
By Francesco Gagliardi Over the last 21 years and 12 festivals, 7a*11d, Toronto’s International Festival of Performance Art, has presented performances in the streets, in galleries and storefronts, in repurposed schools and converted industrial spaces ...
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