- October 15, 2005 to November 25, 2005
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In conjunction with the 4th LIVE Biennial of Performance Art, The Al Neil Project presents four evenings of interdisciplinary work by, and inspired by, Vancouver innovator Al Neil, a seminal force in the multi-disciplinary practices that have flourished on the West Coast over the past 50 years. Al Neil's career as a musician, composer, writer, bricoleur, and performance artist has spanned 60 years. His influence on Vancouver's artistic communities has been profound and enduring. This project endeavours to both assess and celebrate Neil's contribution to the development of avant-garde practices in Vancouver. LIVE 2005 will feature four events celebrating Al Neil's legacy in the community, including concerts, screenings, readings and performances.
By Al Neil, Ben Wilson, Carole Itter, Clyde Reed, Coat Cooke, Giorio Magnanensi, Gregg Simpson, Hank Bull, Kate Hammett-Vaughan, Kedrick James, Kevin Chong, Krista Lomax, Maxine Gadd, Michael Turner, Paul Plimley, Randy Gledhill, Ron Samworth, Stephen Smolovitz
medium | 92 Programs
Medium PerformanceAn art form in which artists become participants in their own work of art often combining elements of theatre, music, and the visual arts.
- May 8, 2005 to June 8, 2005
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" The project involves refurblshing the embassy (ambassador?) and requires a period of rigorous training." Jean Souey
By Jean Souey
Across Canada On A Stationary Bike
- May 6, 2005 to May 28, 2005
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No description available
By David Khang
Oral- Fecal
- November 14, 2004
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No description available
By Laurie Anderson
The End of the Moon
- October 22, 2004
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"If you're lucky enough not to succumb to a childhood illness, you'll live long enough to watch your pets die." - Caitlin Cary Heartache, suicide, apocalypse...and all the big questions. Through a lens of song and story. With able assistance from Glen Watts
By Lizard Jones
A Performance in Three Parts with a Little Skill and Borrowed Talent
- July 15, 2004
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As part of their Online World Tour, the avatar performance band, The Gates, proposes to web-cast a unique large-scale avatar performance to be web-cast live (in real-time) on the large projection screen at the Grunt Gallery for one night. They will use the classic avatar chat software, Digital Space Traveler, as their performance site. Their performances are both pre-determined and improvised.The Gates can either perform as an electronic music duo or as performance artists in the style of Vito Acconci and/or Gilbert & George. In other words, The Grunt curator can have the freedom to determine what form of performance they will do. Usually, The Gates only performs for 15-45 minutes. Every performance on their World Tour is unique. No one performance is the same. In the case of the Grunt Gallery, The Gates is willing to perform a unique piece for anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours, the Grunt can choose the favoured length. - The Proposal
By Alberto Guedea, Jeremy Turner
The Gates
- June 24, 2004
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"Although scheduled for the grunt's adjacent space, the piece began in the gallery proper, where audience members lined up to deposit identification in exchange for a seven-channel headset...After the first twenty headsets had been distributed, audience members were lead to a room where Arcan, dressed in t-shirt and jeans, paced back-and-forth within a taped-off rectangle approximately ten feet long and four feet wide. In one hand, what looked like a car reflector; in the other, a tea towel, with a calendar printed on it, which the artist carried with him at all times...he would transport the reflector from one end of the rectangle to the other, leaving it on a small (Modernist) table before retreating, then returning for it, repeating the action. He did this five or six times before the audio tracks kicked in, at which point Arcan stopped his relay. As he moved slowly around (within) the rectangle, staring out (leering?), lips quivering, I familliarized myself with the audio tracks: a cross-cultural selection of songs, guy talk, birdcalls, women's voices engaged in what sounded like sexual acts, a spiritual recitation, a father and son dialogue, what sounded like an audio palimpsest of all seven tracks at once..." - Michael Turner, Love Claims, July 2004
By Warren Arcand
Superchannel
- April 9, 2004 to May 8, 2004
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Ciona constructed a 'nest' or 'web' out of rope and string, both constructing and inhabiting it during the gallery's open hours. The 'unseen interval' refers to the sense of wonder that a viewer must experience upon witnessing a project or construction in progress, leaving for a period of time, and returning to find the creation has progressed into something new or more complete.
By Joelle Ciona
The Unseen Interval Exposed
- April 4, 2003 to April 26, 2003
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Marlene Madison's new works Audition Tapes and Open Call explore notions of "Celebrity". Audition Tapes, a single screen video installation, consists of three "cold" readings of a prepared text in a format that closely resembles a screen test. Open Call is the reading by 15 actors and non-actors of texts they receive when they arrive at the event.
By Marlene Madison - Curated by Glenn Alteen
Audition Tapes
- January 4, 2003
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Physical objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. David's body occupies the same amount of space as 62 liters of water. This 12-hour performance will have the body contained in a bathtub consuming the entire duplication of itself.
By David Yonge