Performance Art Daily November 1, 2014 – Uncomfortable physicalities
Saturday November 1 1 pm
Uncomfortable physicalities
Francesca FINI
Eduardo ORAMAS
Andrée WESCHLER
Moderator: Tanya MARS
Performance Art Daily October 31, 2014 – Approaching architecture
Friday October 31 1 pm
Approaching architecture
Christian BUJOLD
Anya LIFTIG
Gary VARRO
Moderator: Bojana VIDEKANIC
Performance Art Daily October 30, 2014 – Language sound body
Thursday October 30 1 pm
Language sound body
Aidana María Rico CHÁVEZ
Linda Rae DORNAN
Berenicci HERSHORN
Moderator: Paul COUILLARD
Performance Art Daily October 29, 2014 – Border crossings
Wednesday October 29 1 pm
Border crossings
Ali AL-FATLAWI & Wathiq AL-AMERI
Roberto DE LA TORRE
Serena LEE
Moderator: Francisco-Fernando GRANADOS
The Unbearable Weight of Memory
By Christine Korte The festival has come and gone. It’s hard to believe that its been over a week since our collective descent upon Toronto’s West end galleries and streets wrapped up. Each day, memories of the performances continue to be triggered, exploded and turned into personal meditations (at least in my, admittedly invested, case). …
Ultimes moments du Festival
par Sylvie Ferre Procédons d’abord à un retour en arrière sur les quelques projets non évoqués précédemment. Samedi après –midi, l’amplification du son des micros tapés au sol par les assistants de Christof Migone redonnera vie au hall de l’Université de l’OCAD. Plus tard, dans la soirée, la performance du Birman, Nyan Lin Htet, sera …
“Nothing stays forever”
By Christine Korte Portuguese/German artist Márcio Carvalho’s performance on Sunday afternoon, Now – an impossible presence, was an intricate navigation through time, memory, presence, and the impossibility of the now. The artist facilitated this navigation vis-à-vis a highly considered and layered engagement with the object world. Carvalho highlighted the shifting nature of the materials he used – material that disintegrates (a pear), material …
Blue skies
By Randy Gledhill We’ll meet again Don’t know where, don’t know when But I know we’ll meet some sunny day Keep smiling through Just like you always do Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away Vera Lynn Well, the mess has been cleaned up. The gallery walls retouched. The rented and borrowed …
Be careful what you listen for
By Randy Gledhill Another recently embraced performative strategy is the relational group participation formula. This usually occurs from a pre-determined meeting point at a certain time. Once the contributing audience has gathered the ‘artist’ describes the ‘instructional’ conceit and proceeds to lead the band of people on some kind of journey or adventure. 7A*11D presented …