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Alain-Martin RICHARDinterviewed by Michelle LacombeReflections on the artist’s practice, the concept of the manoeuvre, and his performance of Animal bicéphale [Two-headed animal] at 7a*11din French with French and English subtitles (use the closed-caption button)Transcription: Sophie ChisogneTranslation: Oana Avasilichioaei
As Toronto Performance Art Collective (TPAC) enters another festival year, with the 14th edition of the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art scheduled for October of 2024, we invite our audiences to reflect on the 2022 edition. Follow our Instagram (@7a11d) as our very own Kiki (a.k.a. Kiera Boult) takes viewers on a guided tour …
Inviting Fiona I have known and worked closely with Fiona Griffiths over many years, benefitting from her contributions as an artist, a teacher, and a health and fitness trainer-practitioner. We are good friends as well as colleagues, and she was instrumental in assisting my recovery from a series of catastrophic illnesses, in particular providing craniosacral …
Fiona Griffiths’ body wilderness project took place over the course of a week, offering a total of five guided walks in Toronto’s Cedarvale Park for groups of up to 10 participants. Participants were asked to register in advance for a daytime experience lasting approximately 90 minutes. Cedarvale Park is one of Toronto’s larger green spaces, …
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Jenny Keith | May 13, 1969 – March 10, 2023 Jenny Keith, one of the co-founders of the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, died earlier this year at her home in Picton, Ontario. Jenny was a key fixture of Toronto’s art community in the 1990s, a passionate and enthusiastic contributor to the city’s lively …
After our 2022 7a*11d festival, the Toronto Performance Art Collective bid farewell to two of our longest standing members: co-founder Shannon Cochrane and Tanya Mars, who joined the collective in 1998. Both are legends in the Canadian performance art world and we love them for it. We offer our heartfelt thanks for their years of …
We are pleased to announce that a new version of Shalon T. Webber-Heffernan’s review of the 2022 7a*11d festival has been published online in the University of Alberta’s Imaginations journal’s “Elicitations” section. The text is a reworking of the article Shalon produced for the festival website, focusing specifically on the works by Alain-Martin Richard, Archer …
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In the wake of a more than two-year lapse in live performance events in Toronto (and everywhere), the 2022 iteration of the Toronto Performance Art Collective’s 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art felt particularly infused with a sense of intimacy and softness. Being together in space feels almost new again, vulnerable—like a relationship you took for …
As noted in the previous post, the KinesTHESES project included a series of negotiated interactions that paired local and non-local artists. Distinct from the artists’ individual projects, these events were an opportunity for the invited artists to contextualize—on their own terms and in dialogue with each other rather than with me as the curator—their artistic …
Yahndawa’ portages entre Wendake et QuébecFriday September 9 5 p mOnline with live screening at the Theatre Centre(Free) Join us for a live virtual tour of the Yahndawa’ exhibition reception at Meduse in Québec, hosted by this year’s 7a*11d éminence grise, Alain-Martin Richard. He will provide a bilingual tour of the show, providing background on the …
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