7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art
Contemporary live art from across the globe
October 21 – 31, 2010

For all the festival news: www.7a-11.ca
Daily critical commentary, photos and recaps of festival events from out festival writers Natalie Loveless and Daniel Baird: 7a11d.blogspot.com


FESTIVAL VENUES
XPACE Cultural Centre: October 28-31
Toronto Free Gallery: October 21-30
The Gladstone Hotel: October 27
And various out-door sites around the city!

Check the website for venue locations and information.
Festival catalogues available at festival venues, and as a downloadable PDF on our website: www.7a-11d.ca
 




WEEK TWO HIGHLIGHTS: PERFORMANCES

Wednesday October 27

9am-5pm: Off-site performance by Karen Elaine Spencer (Canada) at Union Station
AND Off-site performance from Michael Fernandes throughout the day
See www.7a-11d.ca for off-site locations

7:30pm @ The Gladstone Hotel
d2d.5 = direct to documentation
Screening program of performance art works made for the camera joins Granny Boots!
Short video works from: Canada, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Sweden and USA.

Thursday October 28

9am-5pm: Off-site performance by Karen Elaine Spencer (Canada) at Union Station
AND Off-site performance from Michael Fernandes throughout the day
PLUS Off-site performance from Sylvie Tourangeau
See www.7a-11d.ca for off-site locations/times

8pm @ XPACE
Performances from: Maurice Blok (Finland), Chuyia Chia (Singapore/Sweden), Chen Jin (China), Agnes Nedregard (Norway), Martine Viale (Canada)

Friday October 29

9am-5pm: Off-site performance by Karen Elaine Spencer (Canada) at Union Station
AND Off-site performance from Michael Fernandes throughout the day
PLUS Off-site performance by Sylvie Tourangeau with Claudia Wittmann
See www.7a-11d.ca for off-site locations

8pm @ XPACE
Performances from: Michael Fernandes (Canada), Irma Optimist (Finland), Francis O’Shaunghnessy & Sara Létourneau (Canada), Henry Adam Svec (Canada)

Saturday October 30

9am-5pm: Off-site performance by Karen Elaine Spencer (Canada) at Union Station
AND Off-site performance from Michael Fernandes throughout the day
See www.7a-11d.ca for off-site locations

CLOSING PERFORMANCE EVENT
8pm @ XPACE
Performances from: Étienne Boulanger (Canada), Teresa Dillon (UK), Berenicci Hershorn (Canada), Julian Higuerey Núnez (Venezuela/Canada), Sylvie Tourangeau (Canada)

Sunday October 31
2-4pm @ XPACE
Festival Closing Panel: Invaders of the Everyday?
With Michael Fernandes, Karen Elaine Spencer, Joakim Stampe, Victoria Stanton. Moderated by Johanna Householder.


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PERFORMANCE ART DAILY @ Toronto Free Gallery, 12-2pm
Presented in collaboration with Toronto Free Gallery

Performance Art Daily (PAD) is a daily artist talk series hosted by local artists, with the occasional guest lecture and panel discussion thrown in,  dissecting the compelling issues of global performance. Check www.7a-11d.ca for details and full schedule.

Wednesday October 27
PAD with: The Performative? With TouVA Collective (Anne Bérubé, Victoria Stanton, Sylvie Tourangeau). Host: Paul Couillard

Thursday October 28
PAD with: Teresa Dillon, Agnes Nedregard, Irma Optimist. Host: Andrew James Paterson

Friday October 29
PAD with: Friendly Globalization? With guest speaker Roddy Hunter (UK). Host: Paul Couillard

Saturday October 30
PAD with: Pancho López, Francis O’Shaunghnessy, Sara Létourneau, Martine Viale. Host: Bojana Videkanic.

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www.7a-11d.ca
Festival Hotline: 416-822-3219
To put yourself on the mailing list: info@performanceart.ca

7a*11d would like to acknowledge the support of our funders and the generosity of our partners: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange), Singapore International Foundation, University of Ulster, P3rforman4c3, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Konstnärsnämnden (Sweden), FADO Performance Art Centre, Toronto Free Gallery, Mercer Union, XPACE Cultural Centre, Images Festival, Gladstone Hotel, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Art Festival, Red Sky Performance, Vtape, Fuse Magazine and Beehive Magazine.

Image credits: Nedregard, Agnes. Blind Spot. 2009. Boulanger, Étienne. Trajectpoire pour une fuite improbable (La marche des chaises). 2010. Photo: Francis O’Shaunghnessy.