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FADO E-LIST (June 2008)FADO E-LIST (June 2008) INDEX
1. FADO NEWS: Tanya Mars book launches in Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax
Dates: June 22, June 23 and July 3, 2008
2. EVENT: Let’s Do It Again: Contemporary Art and Remaking
Date: June 7, 2008; Source: Akimbo
3. EVENT: Luminato presents Queen Street Celebration
Date: June 7, 2008; Source: Andy Paterson
4. EVENT: Mammalian Diving Reflex
Dates: various dates in June; Source: Mammalian Diving Reflex
5. EVENT: Performer Stammtisch Special in June
Date: June 2, 2008; Source: Dominik Walther
6. EVENT: Amorph! 08 Festival d’art Performance
Dates: May 26-June 8 and August 18-31, 2008; Source: Juha Valkeapää
7. EVENT: Stefanie Trojan, in Basel, Switzerland
Date: June 3, 2008; Source: Franklin Furnace
8. EVENT: Hong Kong On the Move June Action 2008
Date: events on June 4, 2008: IAPAO
9. CALL FOR APPLICANTS: M:ST Performative Art Festival Society
Date: June 11, 2008; Source: M:ST
10. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: M:ST Festival
Date: Unspecified; Source: M:ST
11. EVENT: Bbeyond
Date: July 4, 2008; Source: Sinead O’Donnell
12. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Hamilton Artists Inc.
Date: July 31, 2008; Source: Irene Loughlin
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1. FADO NEWS: Tanya Mars book launches in Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax
Dates: June 22, June 23 and July 3, 2008
After the successful and much anticipated Toronto release of Ironic to Iconic: The Performance Works of Tanya Mars (Fado’s second publication in the Canadian Performance Art Legends Series), editor Paul Couillard and performance artist and 2008 Governor General’s Award recipient Tanya Mars, are taking the book on the road. If you are going to be in Ottawa, Montreal or Halifax over the next month, stop in at one of their book launches to celebrate this important addition to the documentation of Canada's performance art history:
Ottawa: Sunday, June 22, 3 -5 pm at G-101
301 1/2 Bank Street
Ottawa K2P 1X7
(613) 230-2799
http://www.gallery101.org/
Montreal: Monday, June 23, 5 - 7 pm at La Centrale
4296 Boul. Saint-Laurent
Montréal H2W 1Z3
(514) 871-0268
http://www.lacentrale.org/
Halifax: Thursday, July 3, 3 - 5 pm
5163 Duke St.
Halifax B3J 3J6
(902) 494 8223
http://www.nscad.ns.ca/students/gallery_intro.php
To purchase a copy of the book, please contact us at: info@performanceart.ca
From Ironic to Iconic: The Performance Works of Tanya Mars
Edited by Paul Couillard
With articles by: Paul Couillard, Tagny Duff, Jennifer Fisher, Randy Gledhill, Nelson Henricks, Will Kwan, Paul Ledoux, Joanna Nash, Jennifer Oille, John Oughton and Pam Patterson, Andrew James Paterson, Kim Sawchuk, Dot Tuer
Publication Design: Sameer Farooq
DVD authoring: Berenicci Hershorn
286 pp. (32-pp. colour section) with index
Includes DVD documentation of Mars’ Tyranny of Bliss project
Retail price: $32.95
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2. EVENT: Let’s Do It Again: Contemporary Art and Remaking
Date: June 7, 2008; Source: Akimbo
FORUM
Let’s Do It Again: Contemporary Art and Remaking
Saturday, 7 June / 12–6:30 PM
$10 Members, $15 Non-Members
The Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre Toronto
This one-day symposium, developed in collaboration with art historian Amish Morrell, combines perspectives from artists, art historians and critics to consider the generative and critical potential of historical reconstruction and re-enactment. The afternoon is divided into three keynote lectures, by Amish Morrell (moderated by Jim Drobnick), artist Dario Robleto and Jan Verwoert, and a response and conversation session lead by Helena Reckitt and Jessica Wyman. The afternoon also includes a verbatim performance by Toronto artist Johanna Householder: 'The Subject of Art 2.0 Alain Badiou/Paul Miller'.
For full event details, please go to: http://www.thepowerplant.org/panels.html
TICKETS: Call Harbourfront Centre Box Office at 416.973.4000 or online at http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/noflash/info/tickets.php
Let’s Do It Again: Contemporary Art and Re-Enactment is presented in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Toronto.
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3. EVENT: Luminato presents Queen Street Celebration
Date: June 7, 2008; Source: Andy Paterson
Toronto performance artists Johanna Householder and Andrew J. Paterson participate in Queen Street Celebration, a Luminato presentation at the Ontario College of Art and Design.
7.30 pm Panel Presentations – Moderator: Martin Robertson
Deanne Taylor (Video Cab), John Hamilton (the Diodes, Secrets, Beverley Brothers), Johanna Householder (the Clichettes, OCAD faculty), Mark Gane (Martha and the Muffins)
8.45 pm Interdisciplinary Presentation:
MONO LOGICAL by Andrew J. Paterson
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4. EVENT: Mammalian Diving Reflex
Dates: various dates in June; Source: Mammalian Diving Reflex
Mammalian Diving Reflex presents Parkdale Public School vs. Queen West
- final 5 rounds! -
Mammalian Diving Reflex continues to tour the world with its international hit Haircuts by Children, presenting in NYC, LA, Bologna, Sydney, Dublin, Portland, Vancouver, Milan, Terni, and more! And it all started in Toronto's own Parkdale at the Parkdale Public School with Ms. Biber's grade 5s proving that kids cutting hair is some seriously good art. And now that Parkdale Public School has taken on the world, they're ready to take on QUEEN STREET WEST in the ultimate showdown: the dual in 'dale! PARKDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL VS. QUEEN WEST
In this corner we have: the Kids, 647 of them. A massively diverse crew obsessed with Playstation, teddy bears, fairness, and running the world.
In the other corner: Artsters, predominantly white, mostly from other provinces, well-educated in the liberal arts, ready and eager to get drunk at gallery openings and always on the look-out for exciting but cheap ethnic dining experiences.
One of Toronto's most diverse neighbourhoods, Parkdale has exploded with cultural activity, seen the encroachment of gentrification, and is also home to new Canadians from almost fifty different countries. Mammalian Diving Reflex presents a Ten-Round encounter between the Parkdale Public School students and artists in the neighbourhood, resulting in performances, public talks, public walks, dinner, dancing and a film-screening. It's a vibrant pile of creativity, intelligence and entertainment.
Who will be the winna in this ultimate battle?!? The dual in the 'dale. Place your bets.
Round 6: The Baking Club vs. Chef Isberg
The Kid's Table
A prix-fixe menu, replete with accompanying beverages. Working with Chef Nathan Isberg of Czehoski and Coca Restaurants, join the kids for dinner, and enjoy your meal with the up-and-coming chefs and sommeliers of Parkdale Public School.
Monday, June 16, 5:30pm till late, $$, for reservations please call 416.703.0783
Coca Restaurant, 783 Queen Street West
http://www.cocatapas.com/
Round 7: The Parkdale Strings vs. Blocks Recording Club
Collaborating with local hipster indie record label the Blocks Recording Club and the bands Kids on TV, The Phonemes and Bob Wiseman, the Senior Strings class make it happen.
Tuesday, June 17, 7pm, PWYC cover; FREE for public school students
The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West
http://www.gladstonehotel.com/
Round 8: The A.D.D. DJs vs. LAL
Kids DJ, adults dance. Following rigourous training by master DJ Murr, producer of LAL, a follow-up performance by the acclaimed A.D.D. DJs, the crew who brought you the critically acclaimed inaugural 2006 Nuit Blanche hit Ballroom Dancing.
Tuesday, June 17, 7pm, PWYC cover; FREE for public school students
The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West
http://www.gladstonehotel.com/
Round 9: The Art Club vs. Mercer Union Gallery
The Parkdale Art Club students will offer their thoughts and perspectives on Anne Fauteaux's and Ana Teixeira's exhibitions, and lend their eyes and ears to the audience.
Saturday, June 21, 2008, 1:30pm, FREE
Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, 37 Lisgar Street, www.mercerunion.org
Round 10 - Final Round: Parkdale JK to 8 vs. Show Biz
Show and Tell
A feature-length video portrait of the home of the Parkdale Pumas. Written and starring all 647 students of Parkdale Public School and their favourite things; Transformers, basketballs, Tweety Bird, and erasers.
Summer 2008 Release
the dual in the 'dale! place your bets
Mammalian Diving Reflex is an award-winning contemporary, interdisciplinary theatre company that creates innovative and critically acclaimed performances. Functioning as a research-art atelier dedicated to investigating the social sphere, we are always on the lookout for contradictions to whip into aesthetically scintillating experiences, producing one-off events, theatre-based performance, theoretical texts and community happenings. Haircuts by Children was called the Best of New York City's Performa by ArtINFO.net, Slow Dance with Teacher was called "a tour de force", by Art Gallery of Ontario's contemporary curator, David Moos and Darren O'Donnell's book Social Acupuncture, prompted the Globe and Mail to declare "O'Donnell writes like a sugar-addled genius at 300km/hr."
Parkdale Public School vs. Queen West has been generously supported by the Toronto Community Foundation's Growing Active Kids Program; the Ontario Arts Council Foundation's Arts Education Partnership Initiative; and the City of Toronto's Live With Culture Office. Mammalian Diving Reflex is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Mammalian Diving Reflex
IDEAL ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
For more info: http://www.mammalian.ca/
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5. EVENT: Performer Stammtisch Special in June
Date: June 2, 2008; Source: Dominik Walther
Monday, June 2nd - at Electronic Church - Greifswalder Str.223 (shop) - 20.00 (door opens at 19.30) - Entrance: 4,00 EURO
Program of June Special: Joshua Sofaer (UK)
Dear friends and afficionados,
Due to a pleasently international program we change the usual Performer Stammtisch date (second Monday every month) to the first Monday in June:
Monday, 2nd of June we are proud to welcome a great artists from the UK: Joshua Sofaer. Joshua Sofaer presents the artistic strategies his working with, project documentation and backgrounds of the lecture performance "Face it". Additionally there might be two more presentations still to be confirmed. We will have you informed about it in the reminder mail shortly before Monday, 2nd. Later in June we invite a second time. On Monday, 23rd of June we present just as proudly two emerging artists from Canada: Francis O'Shaughnessy and Sara Letourneau.
Very best regards and see you at Stammtisch!
JOSHUA SOFAER
Joshua Sofaer (b. 1972 Cambridge, England) is an artist who is centrally concerned with modes of collaboration and participation. Often with an irreverent use of humour, he plays with established forms of production, appropriating and reconfiguring the chat show, competition, lecture, or museum display. He acts as curator, producer or director of a broad range of projects, including large-scale events, intimate performances, and publications. Joshua Sofaer is going to take part at the conference "Prognosen über Bewegungen" (HAU, 6th - 8th of June) where he is holding a brand new lec ture with the title "Face it" following the question: What does the future hold for the citizens of Berlin? (Sunday, 8th of June at HAU 2).
http://www.joshuasofaer.com/
And about the conference in Berlin: Prognosen über Bewegungen http://www.prognosen-ueber-bewegungen.de/
More information about the guests in June will come soon.
Stammtisch will start at 20.00 (door is open from 19.30 on). At Electronic Church - believe it, it is Nr.223, the shop! Try the plastered door next to the plastered shop window! Entrance: 4,00 EURO
Performer Stammtisch is an open forum for professionAl artist with a focus on Performance Art and Live Art. Ideas and suggestions are welcome and the blog is open to everyone.
http://www.performerstammtisch.de
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6. EVENT: Amorph! 08 Festival d’art Performance
Dates: May 26-June 8 and August 18-31, 2008; Source: Juha Valkeapää
Amorph!08
Festival d’art Performance
Festival for Performative Arts
Esitystaiteen Festivaali
The 9th international festival for performative arts Amorph!08 is organized in Paris and Helsinki in May-August, 2008. The organizer is Artists' Association Muu, and artistic curator vocal and performance artist Juha Valkeapää
Amorph!08 has two phases. The first phase takes place on May 26 - June 8, 2008, in Paris, where it belongs to Printemps (Im)médiat!, Institut Finlandais coordinated part of 100 % Finlande - en France - printemps 2008. The second phase is organized on August 18-31, 2008, in Helsinki.
Amorph!08 is a meeting point. Participating artists represent the wide field of experimental performative arts: performance art, dance, sound & music, video & web art. The theme is public spaces of Paris and Helsinki. The curator has chosen four Finnish and four French artists, and made four pairs of artists. They are Charlie Jeffery-Jouni Partanen, Carole Douillard-Essi Kausalainen, Viviana Moin-Mimosa Pale, Christophe Bruno-Pessi Parviainen. Each pair will get a public place - flea market, park, river or sea side - to work on. The Parisian places are located near to Mains d'Œuvres, Khiasma and La Générale des Sevres; in Helsinki the central place is Hietalahti. The results of the couples' work - performance, installation, presentation, lecture - are shown during the festival weekend.
The works by the artist couples make the core of the Amorph!08 festival weekends both in Paris (7-8 June) and in Helsinki (30-31 August). Except them, the festival presents videotheques with performative video works and performance documents and seminar. In Paris the videotheque will consist of Finnish works, in Helsinki the works are French. Furthermore, in Helsinki, there will be festival club, exhibition, seminar and workshop. The theme of the workshop is art in public spaces and it is aimed for artists and art students as well.
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7. EVENT: Stefanie Trojan, in Basel, Switzerland
Date: June 3, 2008; Source: Franklin Furnace
Performance Project LISTE 08
Stefanie Trojan, in Basel, Switzerland, June 3, 5-9 pm
Performance is an experience, a moving image, which can form an exciting contrast to the fair’s static yet hectic atmosphere and also has the capacity to set a moment of deceleration for the audience, a momentary movement into another dimension. Curated by Silke Bitzer (Freiburg, DE)
The performances will take place during the opening reception and daily at 6pm on the grounds of the Warteck.
Tuesday, June 3, from 5–9 pm in the courtyard
Stefanie Trojan
Unobstructed
Stefanie Trojan works not with pictures but with experiences. In her site-specific performances, she comes into direct contact with the public and questions habits, patterns of social behavior, routines and codes.
Leitung Performance-Projekt c/o LISTE – The Young Art Fair
Burgweg 15 - CH-4058 Basel
http://www.liste.ch
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8. EVENT: Hong Kong On the Move June Action 2008
Date: events on June 4, 2008: IAPAO
In Memory of June Fourth
Alastair MacLennan - To Be To Create Master Artist Workshop
Alastair MacLennan is one of the most influential performance artists based in Belfast, N Ireland. His work deals with social, political and cultural issues often with powerful and challenging action and imagery. He has performed extensively in festivals and exhibitions including the Venice Biennale and Documenta. His works are in public collections of the British Arts Council and private collections. Currently a professor at the Fine Art Department of the University of Ulster, Alastair will work with the participants in understanding performance art, develop current ideas as well as the strategy of performing in public space.
Alastair MacLennan
Date: 31 May - 1 June, 2008
Time: 2pm - 6pm, 7pm - 10pm
2 June 7pm -10pm student showcase
Venue: FM Theatre Power Studio, 1st floor, 104 -106 Bedford Road, Taikoktsui, Kowloon
Fee:
$1,000 (Early Bird - On or before 23 May)
$1,300 (After 23 May)
A 25% Discount is offered to reservation from participants through Asian People's Theatre Festival Society
Please complete application form, make cheque payable to "Asian People's Theatre Festival Society", and return to 12/F., Foo Tak Building, 365 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION AND TICKET RESERVATION FORM
Performance - In Memory of June Fourth
Overseas Artists:
Alastair MacLennan (UK)
Yoyoyogasmana (Indonesia)
Zhang Yiwang (Tian Jin)
Si Mao (Gui Zhou)
Hong Kong Artists:
Sanmu (Hong Kong)
Mok Chiu Yu (Hong Kong)
yuenjie (Hong Kong)
Au Yeung Tung (Hong Kong)
Ko Siu Lan (Hong Kong)
Kith Tsang (Hong Kong)
Performance on June Fourth Eve
Date: 3 June 2008
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: On and On Theatre, Cattle Depot Artists Village
63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon
Fee: $80
$60 (25% Off for Workshop Participant)
(Each person can reserve at most two discounted tickets)
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION AND TICKET RESERVATION FORM
June Fourth Performance at Time Square
Date: 4 June 2008
Time: 5pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Time Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Free Admission
Reservation and Enquiries:
Asian People's Theatre Festival Society
(Tel) 2891 8482 / 2891 8488 (Fax) 2891 8483
(Email) info@aptfs.org
http://www.aptfs.org/
Mr Eric Ng 9747 8878
Ms Elisa Yu 9731 3262
Supported by:
Dawei Charitable Foundation Limited
Art and Culture Outreach
Long Hair and Friends
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9. CALL FOR APPLICANTS: M:ST Performative Art Festival Society
Date: June 11, 2008; Source: M:ST
Employment Opportunity: M:ST Programming Assistant
The Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Festival Society (MST) is currently seeking a Programming Assistant. This is a contract position paying $14.00 an hour working 30 hours a week, to prepare for the upcoming M:ST 4 Festival. The position will run from July 2 - August 27, 2008, and pending funding, will be extended through to October 31, 2008.
This position represents an excellent opportunity for an emerging artist or arts administrator to build knowledge of the local, national and international art communities, while developing administrative, programming, and organizational experience.
Job Description
Working closely with the Festival Director and the M:ST Board of Directors, the Programming Assistant will be involved with the administrative and programming aspects in preparation for the M:ST 4 Festival. The duties and tasks of the Programming Assistant will include:
-Office and clerical duties
-Arranging promotional material
-Assisting with grant writing and research
-Liaising with artists and member organizations
-Public relations and media development
-Researching and organizing technical support for the M:ST 4 Festival
The ideal candidate will have a background and interest in visual and media arts, excellent writing skills, strong organizational and communication skills, as well as knowledge of contemporary performative practices. Experience with web based design, knowledge of the local arts community, and experience in event planning are assets.
*Please note that this position is partially funded through the Summer Temporary Employment Program and as such candidates must be 30 years of age or younger to qualify.
Application Process
Please submit a Curriculum Vitae, a detailed cover letter (up to 2 pages), and three references by June 11, 2008 to:
M:ST Hiring Committee
Mountain Standard Time Festival
PO Box 22056 Bankers Hall RPO
Calgary AB, T2P 5G7
Emailed, faxed, or late applications will not be accepted. M:ST thanks all applicants in advance for their interest. M:ST is an equal opportunity employer.
For more information about the Festival or the position, please call (403) 837-6678, or email: info(at)mstfestival.org.
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10. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: M:ST Festival
Date: Unspecified; Source: M:ST
M:ST 4 Festival Call for Volunteers
The Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Festival Society is recruiting volunteers to sit on our organizing committees for the M:ST 4 Festival, October 10 - 24, 2008.
Committees include:
- Hospitality
- Publications and Festival Guide
- Volunteer/Membership
- Promotions
- Fundraising/Sponsorship
For more information contact Nicole Burisch, Festival Director, at director(at)mstfestival.org or Kari McQueen at president(at)mstfestival.org.
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11. EVENT: Bbeyond
Date: July 4, 2008; Source: Sinead O’Donnell
Curious interventions from Artists - Brian Connolly, Sinead O'Donnell , Hugh O'Donnell, Chrissie Cadman , Leo Devlin , Brian Patterson
As part of the Fringe festival, Belfast based Bbeyond will spend Friday 4th July in Cavan Town and plan to introduce us to their world of performance art.
The group of Internationally respected artists that make up Bbeyond tour to different locations to platform challenging and seminal events, making use of both urban and rural, art and non-art and "public" and "private" spaces.
Their aim is to raise people's consciousness and experience of live art as being integral to the world around us, inspiring reflection and enriching the experience of the viewer.
Bbeyond is performance art at its very best!
http://www.cavansummerfestival.ie/fringe
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12. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Hamilton Artists Inc.
Date: July 31, 2008; Source: Irene Loughlin
Hamilton Artists Inc. (HAI) Call for Proposals
Proposal Deadline: July 31, 2008
2010-2011 Exhibition Schedule
Hamilton Artists Inc. (HAI) is seeking: a wide range of multi-disciplinary proposals from artists as well as curatorial proposals for solo and group exhibitions in our Main Space community-based proposals for limited programming in the community gallery area intermedia works, sculpture/installation, performance art, video projection, sound art, site-responsive and relational works and other imaginative proposals for our courtyard space and the glass corridor that links the two buildings. Writing samples/proposals for essay and catalogue production
The new home of HAI opening in November 2008, features:
Two gallery spaces - A 1200 sq. ft Main Space, and a 600 sq ft Members Space/ Community Gallery; a 2500 square ft. multi-purpose outdoor courtyard; a programmable glass corridor linking the two galleries; and a two-floor artist-in- residence space with a studio, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom.
Hamilton Artists Inc. pays CARFAC artist fees for Main Space exhibitions and related exhibition costs, and assists with shipping. For proposal guidelines please visit: wwwhamiltonartistsinc.on.ca, enter the site, and click on submissions policy. Please refer to the mandate and history sections of our website for further information.
Hamilton Artists Inc. architectural drawing – for floor plan refer to www.hamiltonartistsinc.on.ca - under submissions policy
Established in 1975, HAI is one of the founding galleries of the artist-run centre system in Canada. The organization is entering an exciting development stage as it approaches the opening of a newly purchased, multi-presentation complex in November of 2008. The new home of HAI is located with in the James St. North Arts District in Hamilton’s downtown core, located in the centre of a hub of cultural activity, including a monthly Art Crawl that attracts over five hundred visitors.
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Fado is pleased to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage for their sponsorship of our ongoing activities.
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