By Christine Korte Let me begin with last tonight’s performances. I’ll start with Rachel Echenberg’s At Home. Wearing a transparent plastic house on her head which framed her face, Echenberg began by delineating spaces in the gallery. A large piece of synthetic turf covering the center of the gallery marked one space, within which the …
By Randy Gledhill The night concierge at the Alphaville Inn is enchanted by the performance art crew that has invaded. He is also computer savvy, saving me several times from the usual system crashes endemic to the makeshift patch-and-fix servers of big hotels in these pioneering years of internet access. “OK your system is down, …
Performance Art Daily 2012: Language of Materials, 7a*11d
October 26: Maria HUPFIELD, Paul HURLEY, Guadalupe NEVES, and moderator Wanda NANIBUSH
By Randy Gledhill “I will focus on the limitations of humanity by investigating the topics of social cannibalism, mutual social elimination, the exclusion of weaker individuals, repression, and isolation”Anna Kalwajtys, from the 7a*11d festival programme Mid afternoon. The weather has changed. A dark cloud is rolling in. I enter Mercer Union. Anna Kalwajtys, the serious …
By Randy Gledhill The set-up Three farmyard buckets equal distance to form a triangle. Each containing something. One sprouts Blue Hydrangia. A black leather jacket. A bottle of red wine. And a pair of gold lame stiletto heel shoes, as worn by a woman or someone pretending to be. On with the Show Paul Hurley, …
By Randy Gledhill Five IV drip bags hanging in a row, filled with something dark. A white paper flower garland around her head. A white paper frock with a long paper train, Guadelupe Neves scatters industrial stainless steel bowls to catch the offerings, then, standing below, opens the first hose. Dark blue liquid flows over …
By Christine Korte Carl Bouchard and Martin Dufrasne’s performance on Wednesday night began with us beholding the performers’ heads on a guillotine–like mirrored plank. The two performers were locked into this bizarre contraption, instantly evoking the idea that this could be a troubled union (uh oh!). After completing a perilous round of the gallery space …
par Sylvie Ferre C’est un début prometteur pour le Festival 7A*11D, puisque , dans la même journée, il présente deux artistes considérés comme ses “éminences grises”. L’une d’elle, la fameuse Margaret Dragu, danseuse de formation et performeure bien connue des milieux artistiques, entame les festivités avec un cours de yoga. Une heure durant, nous pourrons …
Performance Art Daily 2012: Theatricality, 7a*11d
October 25: Carl BOUCHARD, Martin DUFRASNE, Camille TURNER, and moderator Jessica WYMAN
By Randy Gledhill The room is pitch black. There are so many people clambering for a little vacant wall space, or floor space, it becomes a bit of a group grope. People outside crane for a glimpse of what is happening in the over-sold space. Fog rolls in. The room is sweet with theatrical smoke. …