7a*md8 – On Screen
7a*md8 – On Screen is a collection of performances designed specifically for the camera by local, national and international artists.
7a*md8 – On Line
7a*md8 On-Line features a series of social media residencies highlighting contemporary artists’ use of interactive online platforms to develop performance works that find new ways of connecting with audiences.
7a*md8 – Live Stream
7a*md8 Live Stream is the third and final stage of our multi-platform exploration of performative practices in the digital age.
7a*md8 (Mediate)
7a*md8 consists of a series of multi-platform performance-for-the-camera screenings and digital residencies distributed across a range of Toronto cultural spaces as well as online platforms. The Toronto Performance Art Collective (TPAC) has a record of supporting a diversity of practices in the field of performance art. Expanding from our established festival format, we would like …
Desire Lines
Desire Lines is a visual art exhibition showcasing notable regional artists presenting artwork from a wide variety of disciplines and curated by Art Spin’s Layne Hinton & Rui Pimenta, organized by Art Spin in partnership with Waterfront Toronto. This exhibition responds to themes that deal with the highly nuanced dynamic of placemaking and what constitutes …
(Un)settled
June 5-16, 2017Guild Park and Gardens (Un)settled is a site-specific exhibition and residency that sets out to investigate and unsettle the history of the Guild Park and Gardens—formerly the Guild of all Arts—in Scarborough, which has grown from a collection of rural communities into a dense and culturally diverse urban sprawl on the eastern flank …
2016 Festival Bloggers’ Reflection
By Jessica Karuhanga A conversation between Jessica Karuhanga and Michelle Lacombe M. Having seen some previous editions of 7a*11d, what, to you, distinguished this one from other incarnations? Did it feel representative of the festival? J. I have attended the last three iterations of 7a*11d so I will speak to these experiences. What I know …
Doyon/Demers
Après Niagara Falls By Michelle Lacombe The first time I saw Doyon/Demers perform was only a few years ago. I was enthralled by their playful use of technology, their physically imposed loss of control, and their shared accountability in the work. Simultaneously absurd, corporeal and intimate, I find their performances to be like a romantic, …
Cindy Baker
By Michelle Lacombe Crash Pad Cindy Baker has been occupying OCAD University’s Anniversary Gallery for three days. The space itself is a small glass room with a carpeted floor inside a slightly larger room with white walls. Offering two spatial perspectives on the work, the context is odd but appropriate. From a hallway, you can …
Johannes Zits
By Michelle Lacombe Body Traps All week Johannes Zits has been crafting his performance object at the Theatre Center café. His presence is casual and welcoming and because I return to the site almost daily to see the 7a*11d panel discussions, he becomes a reliable social anchor. He greets me and other festival regulars with …