FADO E-LIST (January 2014)

 

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1. EVENT: Split Britches at La MaMa

Dates: January 3-26, 2013; City: New York, USA; Source: Franklin Furnace

 

Split Britches in TWO exciting events presented by La MaMa in January 

 

Desperate Archives

an irreverent exhibition of Split Britches archival materials  

La MaMa La Galleria

January 3-19

Wednesday - Sunday,  1pm -7:30 pm 

Opening Party January 3  6-9pm

 

 

and

 

RUFF

a solo performance by Peggy Shaw

co-written and directed by Lois Weaver 

La MaMa First Floor Theatre

January 9-26, 2014

Thursday - Saturday 7:30pm

Sunday 2:30pm

Tickets: $20 / students & seniors $15 / special 10@10

(first ten tickets of every show are $10)

 

 

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2. WORKSHOP: Solo Dancing / Group Practice

Deadline sign up date: January 3, 2014; City: Toronto, Canada; Source: Dawn Carleton

 

SOLO DANCING

 

10 weeks - $500* (3 participants per class)

Saturdays January 11 – March 15, 2014, 3-5 p.m.

IGAC Studio @ Artscape YoungPlace, 180 Shaw St. Suite 103

 

In this masterclass-format intensive we use the pared-down structure of unaccompanied solo improvisation to discover what each participant is doing when they improvise, clarify what they would like to be doing, and practice staying connected to their intention, or score, in performance. Beginning with one-minute improvisations, students will be led in a focused process involving dancing, reflecting, observing and more dancing as they build toward 10-minute improvisations in the final class. Additional exercises will be introduced to elucidate specific concerns and interests as they arise. Each class will begin with 30 minutes of silent self-directed warm-up/practice. An optional informal showing of work will take place at the end of the session.

 

This class is designed for dancers interested in moving beyond habitual blocks and limitations, developing presence, skill and impact in improvised performance and establishing their own body of improvisation-based work. Practitioners in related fields seeking advanced study are also welcome.

 

$100 non-refundable deposit due upon registration; remainder of fees must be received by Friday, January 3, 2014.

 

GROUP PRACTICE

$20/single session; $200/11 sessions registered*

Fridays 9 – 12 noon from December 6 (sessions continue through the holiday season)

Intergalactic Arts Collective Studio, 180 Shaw St. Suite 103 (Artscape YoungPlace)

 

Group Practice is a space for discovering, developing, cultivating, honouring, exploring, understanding, sustaining, sharing and practicing practice. Although my thinking for these sessions is rooted in post-modern improvisational dance, practitioners from all fields are welcome.

 

Sessions begin with silent self-directed practice from 9:00 to 10:45, followed by a 15-minute break/transition. In the final hour I will facilitate a discussion beginning with the simple invitation for participants to share any aspect of their practice. Depending on how our discussion develops and the interests of participants, this could evolve into a facilitated embodied exploration/viewing of some of the ideas that emerge. 

 

Please trust that your current practice is “enough” to participate in these sessions. The emphasis here is not on having impressive work to share but rather the reverse – through sharing, to remember the richness of engaging in practice. Do not worry about “filling” the entire practice time. You may take as many breaks as you want or need and do what you wish during this time as long as you remain respectful of the focus of our workspace.

 

Please let me know if you plan on attending. Although no pre-payment is required for drop-in participation, these sessions will be limited to 10 participants and priority will be given to those who are registered or who have reserved a spot.

 

For more information and to register, please contact Dawne Carleton at dawnecarleton@yahoo.com or 416-530-2960.

 

Dawne Carleton’s work as a dance artist, instructor and creative process facilitator is rooted in an improvisation practice that spans over 20 years. She received a Canada Council grant for Masters-level studies at the European Dance Development Center in the Netherlands. She is a choreographer who “enhance[s] our understanding of who and what we are as embodied creatures” (The Dance Current). She brings a deep sense of listening to one-on-one creative process facilitation work with artists from diverse fields. 

 

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4. WORKSHOP: Performance Art Workshop with Victoria Stanton

Deadline date: January 13, 2014; City: Toronto, Canada; Source: Victoria Stanton

 

PERFORMANCE ART WORKSHOP:

Between Intimacy and Architecture: subtle and relational performance in public place

(The Winter Wonderland Version!)

 

To reserve your spot:

 

Program Dates: February 10-15, 2014

Application Deadline: January 13, 2014

Price:  $600 + HST (this includes private accommodation and shared studio for the duration of the workshop) 

 

DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP

How do we listen to each other? How do we interact? How do we respond to the landscape and environments (indoors and out) around us? How do we engage with time and space? Cultivating attentive awareness, empathetic presence and peripheral vision, this workshop will explore the multiple and very personalized ways in which we experience and foster intimacy and connection – in ourselves, towards others, and in relation to place. We will explore how time and space are intimately connected and linked to how we develop a relationship to the space and people around us; how repetition of an action (over time) within a particular space necessarily creates familiarity with that space, within the various contexts in which we find ourselves to be. We will also explore how the ways in which a "non-productive" use of time, as carried out in public (place) activates a space. Finally, we will attempt to create contexts to explore ways of experiencing various kinds of “in-betweens,” (the spaces between thought and action, between actions, between each other, between ourselves and the spaces around us.)

 

Key ideas:

-Activating space

-Holding space

-Connecting to space

-Connecting to others

 

The importance in relational/public practices to be able to also activate:

-Empathetic / compassionate presence (1. towards yourself, 2. towards others)

-Non-judgment

-Attentive awareness/ full observation

-Groundedness (what is your container)

-Faith, Trust

 

PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY

Whether working in participatory, durational, task-based or audio-visual performance, the constant thread in my work is an investigation into the ability (and the desire) to hold a space, to appropriate and disrupt the quotidian, to create spontaneous intimacy, to tread vulnerability. Investing a performative presence and consciousness within multiple spaces/times, I continuously underscore the complex aspects of “transaction” and the possibility for transformation.

 

Much recent work explores the elusive “in-between” – that invisible, liminal space between myself and the audience (whether a group or just one person) or between myself and my object/action/location – whether appearing “on stage” (in a black box, white cube, bar or loft) or “out in the world” (in public sites and “non-art” contexts). The “in-between” is my inquiry into transitional space: as manifested on stage (has the performance ended?), as presented through relational exchange (is this a performance? Is this Art?), and as experienced out in the world through geopoetic meandering, and the conscious inhabiting of non-places found in the built environment.  These subtle forms of testing the limits of vulnerability make up an overall practice (and multiple research processes) as an artist working in – and with – space and time.  

 

ABOUT Victoria Stanton

Victoria Stanton is an interdisciplinary artist working with live action, human interaction, video, film, photo, drawing, and writing. Continually exploring within such diverse media, while the outward results of her practice manifest in a multiplicity of forms, performance is the unifying central focus and invariable core of her research. Her time-based work includes performance for stage, performance for the camera, actions in public spaces, and one-on-one encounters in intimate contexts.

 

Stanton has presented exhibitions, performances, interventions, and films/videos in Canada, the U.S., Europe, the U.K., Australia, Japan and Mexico. Her creative and critical writings have been published in Canadian and American anthologies and art/literary/lifestyle magazines. She is the co-author with Vincent Tinguely of Impure: Reinventing the Word (conundrum press, 2001) and is currently working on a new book with the TouVA Collective (comprised of Anne Bérubé, Sylvie Tourangeau and Stanton) developing salient notions on how performance is practiced and on the question of ‘the performative.’

 

WORKSHOP SETTING

A magical location that is most known for its summer retreats, Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island promises a wintry paradise. In the cozy quarters of a former schoolhouse, our workshop will be held in the Fireplace room – a space where participants will be able to enjoy intensive working by day, and relaxed lounging in the evenings by the hearth. AGP also offers a beach sauna on the water and extra-curricular activities such as ice sculpture making. As the island is significantly more isolated in the winter, this intensive week-long retreat will provide the possibility of an increased concentrated focus on process in a convivial and inviting setting. Imagine it: performance-art-camp meets winter wonderland at a snowy February chalet hideaway!

 

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5. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: MANO/RAMO

Deadline date: January 13, 2014; City: Toronto, Canada: Source: MANO/RAMO

 

MANO/RAMO: Communications and Membership Coordinator

$18/hour, 14 hours/week, 12 month contract

 

Application Deadline: Monday, January 13, 2014

Job Location: Toronto, Ontario

 

The Media Arts Network of Ontario/Réseau des arts mediatiques de l’Ontario (MANO/RAMO) is Ontario’s only arts service organization exclusively dedicated to furthering the work of media arts organizations and the independent artists they represent. MANO/RAMO is focused on developing responsive, innovative and proactive initiatives that create meaningful opportunities for media artists and organizations.

 

MANO/RAMO requires a highly organized communications specialist to join the staff and work in cooperation with members. We are looking for an administrator with a strong understanding of the media arts to coordinate communications with the regional, national and international media arts sector.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING:

-Coordinating all communications with MANO/RAMO member organizations

-Maintenance and administration of all databases, invoicing

-Preparation and design of monthly newsletters and other bulletins

-Updating MANO/RAMO’s social media accounts

-Assisting with the coordination MANO/RAMO professional development programs

-Website maintenance

-Editing and proofreading skills

 

QUALIFICATIONS WILL INCLUDE A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING:

-Experience developing communication and media strategies for non-profits

-Experience working in the non-profit sector

-A demonstrated interest in the media arts

-A history of communications management

-Proven editorial skills

-Bilingualism is an asset

 

This position requires the ability to multitask and take on multiple responsibilities. MANO/RAMO has a very small staff, who must be ready to solve problems on the fly. The ideal candidate will have experience and understanding of the media-arts / artist-run sector and a strong communications background.

 

To apply, please send your curriculum vitae and cover letter (including two references) to jobs@mano-ramo.ca as a word or pdf attachment. Please indicate “Communications and Membership Coordinator” in the subject line.

 

MANO/RAMO will not accept any phone or in person inquires for this position.

 

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. MANO/RAMO is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in all its forms. This opportunity with MANO/RAMO has been created with the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

 

CONTACT: jobs@mano-ramo.ca

 

For a pdf version of the job call please see:

 

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6. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: CATR/ACRT 2014

Deadline date: January 13, 2014; City: St. Catherines, Ontario; Source: Helene Vosters

 

CATR/ACRT 2014

Canadian Association for Theatre Research / Association Canadienne de la Recherche Théâtrale

 

Call for Submissions for Conference 24-27 May 2014 Brock University

 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

360°of Engagement: Publicly-situated performance—Publicly-situating performance process 

 

This seminar aims to provide a forum for those on (or between) the borders of various disciplines — activist, artist, scholar — to explore the relationship between theory and praxis through a shared devising process. Each participant will develop a short performance intervention, to take place on or in the near vicinity of the campus, during breaks between conference sessions. We are interested in proposals that engage the particularities of Brock as a public space – architectural, institutional, virtual, quotidian, geopolitical – and that explore how multiply-located bodies are differently interpellated as they negotiate the space through both their presence and their absence.

 

In addition to publicly-situated performances we are interested in publicly situating the always complex and often hidden navigations across the intersecting terrains of artistic creation, scholarly inquiry, and political activism. This process will take the form of a blog that will act virtual studio in which we can participate in a collective devising jam session and a public forum.

 

Timeline

January: Via the blog, seminar organizers will launch share artifacts (images, maps, articles) from a site-visit to Brock.

 

January - May: Participants will connect and begin sharing their processes and providing feedback via the blog. Participants will be expected to visit the blog, to share elements of their devising processes (3-4 entries), and to give feedback (2-3 entries) on the devising process of other group members. 

 

May–CATR Conference: Performance interventions will take place during the first two days of the conference. Each participant will attend one intervention as an observer. At the post-performance seminar, we will share reflections on both the process and performance.

 

We welcome proposals from artists/scholars/activists interested in animating and activating public space via performance. We encourage submissions from graduate students and non-affiliated artists. The group will be limited to eight projects. Interested participants are asked to submit:

 

A 300-word abstract outlining your proposed project. We welcome projects still in the early stages of development. A 150-200 word bio.

 

Please submit proposals to seminar organizers Kimberley McLeod (kmcleod1@yorku.ca) and Helene Vosters (hvosters@yorku.ca) by 13 January 2014.

 

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7. CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: 8 DAYS III by Public Recordings

Deadline date: January 15, 2014; City: Toronto, Canada; Source: Public Recordings

 

8 DAYS III: A Gathering of Choreographers

Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island

June 16-24, 2014

 

8 DAYS is an intensive encounter open to all Canadian choreographers. The gathering values curiosity, creative risk-taking and reflection with a fluidity around theory and practice in order to deepen choreographic work.

 

Selected by open call, six Canadian choreographers working in Canada or abroad will be invited to join past participants of the two previous 8 DAYS encounters. The selection committee is comprised of three past participants and a guest. Up to 20 artists will embark on a co-authored adventure influenced by its surroundings, created by those present, and guided by their overlapping and divergent experience. Participants are asked to arrive with an openness about what this encounter might be, a willingness to expose and share, and a rigour around intellectual and artistic exchange.

 

The ongoing 8 DAYS project addresses a need for peer-to-peer choreographic development in Canada, insisting that this mode is crucial to the continued relevance of the art form. Instigated in 2012 by Ame Henderson and Tedd Robinson, the subsequent encounters stem from the 8 DAYS and 8 DAYS II participants’ desire to continue this artistic exchange. How dance artists work is intimately related to what they create. Theory and practice, talking and making, doing and reflecting, and the systems we do and don't rely on are understood as interwoven threads of creative development. 8 DAYS is an opportunity to collide practices to provoke, invigorate and inspire each other.

 

8 DAYS escapes the pressures of production-driven work to create space to reflect on one’s current practice and to envision – through dialogue and experimentation – new artistic possibilities.

 

Each participant is responsible for facilitating or planning a portion of the shared time. Days are primarily structured around group meals and also include sharing and exploring work and methods, reading, open discussion, as well as time for leisure and personal reflection.

 

It is imperative that 8 DAYS engages with the community at large. To this end, each participant will be asked to respond to the concept of documentation in order to share the experience. Participants propose and create responses specific to 8 DAYS during or immediately following the gathering. This co-authored documentation is then disseminated via a framework determined by the contributors in order to share the process and its outcomes.

 

Logistical Details

8 DAYS III will be held at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island. Housed in a former school, Artscape Gibraltar Point, offers 35,000 square feet of multi-use space. Artists will enjoy private accommodations, bright and spacious studios, a shared kitchen and lounge, free wi-fi, and bike rentals. This idyllic beachfront property has the feeling of a remote cottage getaway but is a short fifteen-minute ferry ride from downtown Toronto.

 

The participating artists will arrive on Monday, June 16th, and depart Tuesday, June 24th, 2014. Public Recordings has applied for funding to cover travel costs and meals. Funding results should be known by the end of March 2014. Participants are encouraged to seek further funding to support their participation.

 

DEADLINE: Jan 15, 2014

 

For more information and to apply: eightdays@publicrecordings.org

 

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8. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: PERFORMATORIUM 2014

DATE: January 17, 2014; City: Regina, Saskatchewan; Source: Gary Varro

 

Volunteers wanted for upcoming performance at PERFORMATORIUM 2014

 

Regina’s annual, ground-breaking festival of performance art is looking for 32 volunteers to participate in a one-of-a-kind event at the University of Regina. This is an opportunity to participate in an event by international performance artist, Julie Vulcan. 
The commitment: one hour of your time on Friday, January 17, 2014.

 

Send us an email at istandinygr@gmail.com as soon as possible to find out more about this exciting event. 

 

PERFORMATORIUM is the third annual festival of live performance by international, national and local performance artists, taking place between January 16-18, 2014.

 

Queer City Cinema Inc. (based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, was initiated in 1996 as a biennial film and video festival and has, over the years, come to program both media art and performance art. The organization now presents two festivals annually: Performatorium: Festival of Queer Performance and Queer City Cinema Media Arts Festival. 

 

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9. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: University of Toronto

Deadline DATE: January 20, 2014; City: Toronto, Canada; Source: Akimbo

 

Assistant / Associate Professor – Visual Studies

 

The Visual Studies program at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream appointment in Visual Studies at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor and will be effective July 1, 2014.

 

Candidates should be artists with a strong record of exhibition, including international exposure (residencies, exhibitions, publications or commissions) and demonstrated excellence in teaching and research in a range of contemporary studio and/or media-based practices including (but not restricted to), drawing, installation and 3-dimensional spatial investigations, digitally-based exploration and design, performance, time-based media (film, video, audio) and other forms of artists' multiples. Scholars with practice-based experience in the visual arts may also be considered.

 

The Daniels Faculty would be an especially engaging environment for someone whose creative work, or research explores the specificities of contemporary art and design practice from a perspective that is historically informed, technologically advanced, and theoretically acute. Candidates for this position would be expected to bring a substantial program of creative research, and to demonstrate not only a capacity to fuse their agenda with the interests and commitments of the Faculty, but to build new research capacities and relationships.

 

The search will focus on an individual with a demonstrable background in art practice that possesses an MFA or other advanced master's degree, or Ph.D. Teaching in some combination of studio, seminar and lecture based formats will be required. Administrative experience or the demonstrated capacity to assist the Faculty in this regard would be a plus. Evidence of excellence in both teaching and research is required. Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

 

All qualified candidates are invited to apply by clicking on the link below. http://uoft.me/academicopportunities (referencing #1301778).

 

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10. WORKSHOPS: Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)

Registration opens: January 21, 2014; City: Toronto, Canada; Source: LIFT

 

WINTER 2014 FILM, VIDEO AND INTERACTIVE ART WORKSHOPS

Comprehensive Production Training for Film, Video and Interactive Art

 

 

Over 50 workshops are offered this season in Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, HD filmmaking, animation and interactive art.

 

Registration opens on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 10:00am at our facility:

1137 Dupont Street (at Gladstone Avenue)

Office hours: Monday - Friday, 10am – 6pm or by phone: 416.588.6444 xt 221

Registration for ALL workshops must be done during office hours.

 

FREE PROGRAMS

LIFT Winter Open House

Panel Discussion: Poetic Fictions

 

OUTREACH

Community and Youth Projects

Custom Media Workshops for Educators

 

VISITING ARTISTS MASTER CLASSES-ON FILM

Breaking Bad in Super8mm with Pablo Marín

With Photochemical Eyes: Alternative Approaches to Documentary Filmmaking

with Anja Dornieden and Juan David González Monroy

 

WRITING AND DIRECTING

Introduction to Independent Filmmaking

Short Film Writing

Feature Film Writing

Documentary Film Writing

And many more!

 

PRODUCING

Producing Dramatic Film

Producing Documentary Film

Grant Writing for Arts Councils

 

PRODUCTION

Cinematography Fundamentals

Lighting Fundamentals

Intermediate Digital Cinematography

A Shot in the Dark: Illuminating Night

And many more!

 

And many many many more:

AUDIO

CAMERAS

POST-PRODUCTION

FILM: POST AND CREATIVE

DIGITAL TOOLS, ANIMATION AND INTERACTIVITY

CHILDREN AND YOUTH-(APRIL AND MAY 2014)

 

LIFT Workshops: http://lift.ca/workshops

 

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is an artist-run cultural and educational media arts organization dedicated to celebrating excellence in the moving image. http://lift.ca/

 

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11. EVENT: 8 fest presents Kyle Whitehead

Date: January 25, 2013; City: Toronto, Canada: Source: 8 fest

 

8 fest presents Circles of Confusion by Kyle Whitehead

Saturday January 25, 2013

 

SPK Polish Combatants Hall

206 Beverley Street, Toronto

7PM

 

Sponsored by FADO Performance Art Centre

 

Circles of Confusion is a generative image and sound based expanded cinema installation and performative work composed of dual Super 8 film-loop projections each coupled with a mirrored pair of optically-controlled sine-wave oscillators. Built to function like a Theremin, one of the earliest analog electronic synthesizers, these scratch built circuits are controlled by light-dependent sensors that modulate audible pitch and volume. As film-loops are mixed live the sound is simultaneously generated in real-time by reflected light and these four Optical-Theremins propagate a cacophony of sine-wave tones that are directly proportional to the intensity of the projected images – hand processed Super 8 film-loops that are matched but not mirrored pairs. The reactionary nature of the relationship between image and sound becomes self-evident to the viewer within moments as the sound shifts dramatically from slow, rumbling drones when projected images are darkest, to higher-pitched vibrations when they are brightest. These generative and reciprocating conditions of Circles of Confusion create a hyper-awareness of the boundaries that exist between two distinct processes of sensory perception and blur the conventional divisions between them by suggesting that they are at once complementary and transmutable.

 

Previous Performances/Installations:

M:ST 6 Performative Arts Festival, Calgary

Soundasaurus Festival, Calgary

Flicker Artists and Super 8: Smiths Row, UK

Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton

Eastern Edge Gallery, St. Johns

Latitude 53, Edmonton

Antimatter Film Festival. Victoria

 

 

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12. EVENT: Cabaret Tollé

Date: February 1, 2014; City: Montreal, Canada; Source: Studio 303

 

CABARET TOLLÉ

« Tollé » : Clameur, cri d’indignation, protestation générale, réclamation.

 

In response to recent erratic behaviour by Canadian Heritage and to the broader troubling political climate, Studio 303 has invited 12 radically undisciplined artists to occupy the Sala Rossa for an evening.

 

Cabaret Tollé features work by Alexis O'Hara, Eliane Bonin, Karen Fennell and Jordan Arseneault among others.

 

Rumour has it that a high-ranking member of the Harper government will make an appearance! The complete list of artists and program for the evening will be revealed on Jauary 14th.

 

Cabaret Tollé

Saturday February 1, 8PM

@ Sala Rossa (4848 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal)

Price: $10 – $20 sliding scale

 

Studio 303, Danse et arts indisciplinés

 

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13. WORKSHOP: Bbeyond presents Performance Art Workshop by Nieves Correa

Date: February 3-5, 2014; City: Belfast, N.Ireland; Source: Bbeyond

 

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this workshop is to equip the attendants with the necessary tools to be able to create from they own sensitivity and interests using Performance Art  as a form of expression. The workshop is highly practical and is structured around the analysis of the formal elements of Performance Art: TIME - SPACE - BODY

 

METHODOLOGY

In each session we will try to understand, analyze and work about the formal aspects of Performance Art through the works proposed by the attendants themselves.

The attendants will participate in all sessions showing the works that they have developed from the guidelines that have been given previously and analyzing the proposals of the rest of their teammates.

 

ABOUT Nieves Correa

I work as a performance artist since 1987. In 1990 I started to organise festivals and meetings of Performance Art, the most important of them is Acción!MAD. I also had given courses and conferences at Universities, Museums, Cultural Institutions, etc. At this moment I work in the Fine Art Academy of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid given a course of Performance Art in a very practical way, the goal of the course is that the students develop and present a performance piece in the context of a Performance Festival.

 

 

DATE / TIME

The 3-Day Performance Workshop from Mon 3rd to Wed 5th Feb, from 11am to 4pm. Final Presentations will be on Wed 5th evening with possibly some taking place throughout the event.

 

Location: Catalyst Arts,  5 College Court, Belfast BT1 6B5

Cost: £50 for members and £70 non-members

 

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14. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art

Deadline DATE: February 14, 2013; City: Toronto, Canada; Source: 7a*11d

 

(***PLEASE NOTE: this call for submissions is for performance artists living and working in Canada, ONLY.)

 

The 10th edition of the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art will take place in Toronto from October 26 to November 2, 2014. Curated and organized by a non-profit artist collective, the festival presents innovative and progressive contemporary performance art by local, national and international artists. This call for submissions is an invitation restricted to artists living and working in Canada. We are looking for  emerging, mid-career and established Canadian artists alongside international artists to showcase the breadth and depth of current contemporary performance art practice. 

 

We pay artist fees that meet or exceed CARFAC guidelines, accommodation, and travel. We cannot accommodate dance, theatre, or circus troupes/companies. No email submissions please.

 

Deadline for submissions is FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014. 

 

Application Guidelines:

Please complete the following form and save it as a single PDF, and submit 10 images of your work and/or 5 minutes of video documentation on Vimeo or YouTube. Upload your materials to www.dropbox.com and send the links to performance@7a-11d.ca (go to www.Dropbox.com to set up a free account). Please note: email submissions will not be accepted.

 

Submissions must include:

(Upload the following information on a single .pdf to Dropbox.)

 

ARTIST INFO

-Artist Name

-Email

-Telephone

-Mailing address

 

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WORK

Provide a detailed description of the proposed work. Include: 

-Title (if applicable)

-Length 

-Materials

-Type of venue (indoor, outdoor, proscenium, etc)

-Technical Requirements (500 words max)

-Description of performance (500 words max)

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

-Please provide a description of how the proposed work fits into your overall practice. 300 words max.

 

RESUME

-Please provide a short CV, 2 pages max.

 

BIO

-Please provide a short biographical statement. 200 words max.

 

DOCUMENTATION

-Please attach 10 images of your work and/or a link to 5 minutes of performance documentation on video. Images should be jpegs, saved at maximum 800 x 600 pixels. 5 minute video, linked through Vimeo or YouTube, with a password if needed. Caption document (include the title, dimensions, medium, date and other applicable information for each image)

 

INFO

 

7a*11d acknowledges the support of the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and numerous artist-run organizations, private and business sponsors for our previous activities.

 

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16. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Biennale D’art Performatif de Rouyn-Noranda

Deadline date: February 20, 2014; City: Rouyn-Noranda, Canada; Source: L’Écart

 

Biennale D’art Performatif de Rouyn-Noranda

Performance and interdisciplinary art

7th edition: October 15-18, 2014

 

Founded in 2002 by the artist-run centre L’Écart in Rouyn-Noranda, this biennial event presents evenings of performances, concerts, workshops and other performative work. The event features a selection of artists working in performance, visual arts, music, spoken word and interdisciplinary art.

 

We invite artists and collectives to submit proposals for programming for this 7th edition.

 

Deadline for submissions: February 20, 2014

 

Submissions must include:

-Curriculum vitæ (2 page maximum)

-Description of performance project in regards to artistic statement (1 page maximum)

-15-20 JPEG digital images on CD-ROM (images not to exceed 1MB each)

-Quicktime videos on DVD

-Descriptive list of support material

-Other pertinent documents

 

Artists and collectives can send their proposals to:

Biennale d’art performatif de Rouyn-Noranda

L’Écart.. . lieu d’art actuel

167, avenue Murdoch, C. P. 2273

Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada

J9X 5A9

 

Please note that submissions will not be returned.

 

 

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17. JUST RELEASED: Performers by Johnny Amore

Date: now; City: Pori, Finland; Source: Facebook

 

Performers by Johnny Amore

Published by: Pori Art Museum Publications 121

 

Extent: 72 pages

Released: 2013

Size: 21,5 x 21,5 cm

Format: Soft cover

Illustrations: 58 photos

Language: English

Volume: 1000

Price: 18,00 € (+delivery charges)

 

Graphic Design: Thomas Gilke

Photos: Johnny Amore

Digital Lab: Monika Nesslauer

Cover: The New Spastiks

 

ISBN: 978-952-5648-40-09

ISSN: 0359-4327

 

Since 2009, Johnny Amore has been taking portraits of artists who are active in the international performance and live art scene. The publication “Performers” contains 58 portraits from the series.

 

The “Performers” publication does not represent a documentation of live performances, but a collection of personalities with an unusual character and specific life styles that are using performance and live art as their main medium. Most of the portraits have been taken immediately after a live performance; the intensity of the moment can be seen on the face of the artist.

 

The publication contains some portrayed artists quotes, which unfold their thoughts on the specifics of performance and live art, in relation to documentation and photography.

 

The foreword is written by Pia Hovi-Assad, exhibition curator at Pori Art Museum. The publication is being published in connection with the exhibition Johnny Amore: Performers 27th Septmber-24th November 2013 at the Pori Art Museum, Finland.

 

 

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18. JUST RELEASED: Metamuzeum

Date: unspecified; City: the world; Source: BBB Johannes Deimling

 

The 3rd edition of METAMUZEUM is out now!

Published by Artur Tajber

 

METAMUZEUM 3: transfer of experience / metamorphoses of time

ISBN: 978-83-62321-14-8

Book and DVD

 

Texts and interviews with: Stuart Brisley, Jerzy Beres, Alastair Maclennan, Zbibniew Warpechowski, Janusz Bałdyga, Chumpon Apisuk, Artur Tajber, Stelarc, Boris Nieslony, BBB Johannes Deimling, Marilyn Arsem, Arti Grabowski, and others.

 

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ABOUT FADO

Established in 1993, FADO Performance Inc. (Performance Art Centre) is a not-for-profit artist-run centre for performance art based in Toronto, Canada. FADO exists to provide a stable, ongoing, supportive forum for creating and presenting performance art. Currently, we are the only artist-run centre in English Canada devoted specifically to this form. We present the work of local, national and international artists who have chosen performance art as a primary medium to create and communicate provocative new images and new perspectives. Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage for their on-going support of our endeavors. To subscribe or unsubscribe from this mailing list, please visit the home page: http://www.performanceart.ca

 

2013 is FADO’S 20th Anniversary! STAYED TUNED all year for special events and projects in celebration of this amazing milestone. Special thanks to the Ontario Arts Council’s Arts Investment Fund for support of activities related to our Archive Project. Please visit our gallery pages on our website to see images and video from nearly 20 years of FADO activity. 

 

Photo Galleries: www.performanceart.ca/index.php?m=page&id=53

Video Galleries: www.performanceart.ca/index.php?m=page&id=54

 

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