Thursday October 13 to Saturday October 15; Tuesday October 18 to Saturday October 22 4 pm
online
VERB FRAU TV = verb woman television = DIY TV = margaret dragu = making and talking about performance = daily practice. VERB FRAU TV blends video art, reporting and conversations on contemporary performance art practices in a daily online TV show. Each live streamed episode includes a 15 minute interview with a special and fascinating artist performing or working during the festival, a daily yoga exercise, live cooking to create a daily appetizer to share with her special guest, and other stuff.
Margaret Dragu works in video, installation, web-based/book-publication and performance. Spanning relational, durational, interventionist and community-based practices, her performances have been presented in galleries, museums, theatres, nightclubs, libraries, universities and site specific venues including parks, botanical gardens, and public parade routes across Canada, the United States and Europe. An innovator and pioneer in Canadian art, Dragu is a 7a*11d Éminence Grise (2012), and was the recipient of the Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts in 2012.
Season 5: Episode 1 with Kate Barry
Season 5: Episode 2 with Bartolomé Ferrando
Season 5: Episode 3 with Golboo Amani
Season 5: Episode 4 with Chun Hua Catherine Dong
Season 5: Episode 5 with Paul Couillard
Season 5: Episode 6 All Day All Desktop Performances with Adam Herst, Paul Couillard, Francisco-Fernando Granados, Leena Raudvee, Johanna Householder, Doyon/Demers and Berenicci Hershorn
Season 5: Episode 7 with Elizabeth Chitty
Season 5: Episode 8 with Mikiki
Season 5: Episode 9 (pre)rolling and (w)rapping with festival bloggers Jessica Karuhanga and Michelle Lacombe
For links to the original (unedited) live streams, go to https://7a-11d.ca/festival_updates/verb-frau-daed-live-stream/
VERB FRAU TV Seasons 1 through 4 are available for free on iTunes, the artist’s and VIVO’s websites.
https://www.vivomediaarts.com/contributor/margaret-dragu