By Paul Couillard (originally published in the 2008 7a*11d Catalogue) As the collective marks its very special and somewhat surprising “7 / 11” anniversary, it is useful to consider how 7a*11d came to be, and what we have been able to contribute to performance art activity in Toronto. In the early 1990s, performance art in …
Blips from the 7a*11d Radar Screen (a brief and selective history) Read More »
By Natalie Loveless Rose Marie Hill | May 31, 1976 – January 8, 2008 Rose Hill left us on January 8 of this year. After 11 years living with, exploring, and performing in a body riddled with cancer, she chose to stop treatment and say goodbye. When Rose died she sent out small charms containing …
What is Important? Performance Art Workshop with BBB Johannes Deimling
Friday October 17 to Tuesday October 21 Workshop
Thursday October 23 5 pm Participant performances
Friday October 24 5 pm Participant performances
Toronto Free Gallery
Lezli Rubin-Kunda
Outside In
Friday October 17 7 pm: Opening Reception & Performance:
Saturday October 18 to Friday October 31 11 am – 6 pm: Exhibition of videos continues
Fleishman Gallery (at WonderWorks)
Cheryl L’Hirondelle
êkâya-pâhkaci
Thursday October 16 8 pm
Toronto Free Gallery
By Shannon Cochrane André-Philip Lemke | 1970 – February 12, 2006 André-Philip Lemke was born in 1970 in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was a student of the Kunstakademie (Münster), Chelsea College of Art and Design (London) and Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris). His work has been exhibited widely in Germany, in Chilé, UK, France, Belgium and …
Issues of identity are at the centre of IDea, FADO’s multi-year international performance art series. Chris Barker writes that cultural politics are about “the power to name; the power to represent common sense; the power to create ‘official versions’; and the power to represent the legitimate social world.” These powers speak to identity in a …
Thursday October 19 10 pmXPACE Join us for our opening night party, also featuring an iteration of Martha Wilson’s Posturing: Drag! as performed by Liz Knox.
Breaking the Barriers of Discipline
Racquel de Loyola (Philippines)
Monday October 23 to Wednesday October 25 6 pm – 8 pm
Toronto Free Gallery, 660 Queen St E
* Feel invisible things *
anti-cool (Japan)
Gendai Gallery at the Japanese-Canadian Cultural Centre
Sunday October 15 1 pm – 6 pm