Viva! Art Action
in Montreal, Canada
28 Sep. - 8 Oct. 2006
UNofficial web by ARAI Shin-ichi
Official web http://www.vivamontreal.org/
*There were many performances in same time at another places.
So I could not see all performances.
In this UNofficial web, I can only show you the performances which I could see and take pictures
by myself.
Sylvie Tourangeau(Canada), Genevieve Crepeau(Canada), Matthieu Dumont(Canada), Peter Grzybowski(USA), Non Grata(Estonia), ARAI Shin-ichi(Japan), Sandra Schaefer(USA), Phil Fryer(USA), SP 38(Germany), Rino Cote(Canada), Yoyo Yogasmana(Indonesia), Mederic Boudreault(Canada), Rachel Echenberg(Canada), Flutura Haxhillari(Canada), Besnik Haxhillari(Canada), Lilian Frei(Switzerland), Darja Unold(Switzerland), Katri Kainulainen(Finland), Tuuliki Avango(Estonia), Edwige Mandrou(France), Nicolas Primat(France), Margaret Dragu(Canada), Claudia Frommel(Germany), Theodor di Ricco(Germany), Sean Smith(USA), Ernest Truely(USA), Bryce Kaufmann(Canada), Yan Duyvendak(Switzerland), Maria Cosmes(Spain), Willem Wilhelmus(Finland), Sylvette Babin(Canada), Julie-Andree T.(Canada), Jorge Hidalgo(Colombia/Germany), Jill Mc Dermid(USA), Amy Klement(USA/Germany), Andre Eric Letourneau(Canada), Patric Lacasse(Canada), Alexis Bellavance(Canada) and Many artists
From Organizers
Six artist-run centres from the Montreal region have joined in a group
initiative to launch a new international event - Viva! Art Action - to
take place from Thursday September 28 to Sunday October 8, 2006. Artists,
the public, curators, and artist-run organisations will come together to
showcase and promote live art practices-performances, durational works,
public and participatory interventions, characteristically ephemeral, ethereal,
changing, unfolding in the “here and now.”
Viva! Art Action will foster an exchange between various artists, thinkers and the public through a series of diverse presentations refl ecting the vibrant performance art scene in Montreal and in Quebec.
Artist-run centres articule, Centre des arts actuels SKOL, Centre d’art et de diffusion Clark, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, DARE-DARE Centre de diffusion d’art multidisciplinaire and Praxis art actuel have come together to breathe new life into live art, which is little
known to the general public though it has often been at the heart of visual
arts culture.
Paying tribute to different international and historical artistic movements,
this practice is now inscribed in the most varied contexts. The yearly
programming of Montreal artist-run centres testify to sustained interest
in performance art, from here and abroad, while its development is the
result of specific key events, such as Galerie du college Edouard- Monpetit’s
Performance + Artefacts (1989), the biennial presentation since 1994 of
Le mois de la performance by La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, and the 2000
and 2001 editions of FA3 - Festival Art Action Actuel -, including the
sadly missed Anticorps space (2001) under the direction of Gabriel Doucet
Donida.
This first edition of Viva! Art Action will also host the 14th SoToDo International
Performance Art Congress, as well as over thirty artistic works scattered
through the programming of the participating artist-run centres and other
intervention spaces. On this occasion, Bain Saint-Michel turns into a welcome
venue and daily meeting place for artist talks, theoretical discussions,
practical workshops and festive evenings. A circulation of artists and
activities will take place throughout the network of Quebec artist-run
centres, including the event L’art vivant sur le territoire organised
by Praxis Art Actuel (Sainte-Therese), La Biennale d’art performatif de
Rouyn-Noranda, organised by L’Ecart...lieu d’art actuel (Rouyn-Noranda)
and Rencontre internationale d’art performance de Quebec presented by
Le Lieu centre en art actuel in Quebec City.
at Bain St-Michel
Willem Wilhelmus(Finland)
Sylvette Babin(Canada)
Julie-Andree T.(Canada)
Jorge Hidalgo(Colombia/Germany)
Yoyo Yogasmana(Indonesia)
Jill Mc Dermid(USA)
ARAI Shi-ichi(Japan)
"Arigatou Beuys -Thank you Beuys"
Amy Klement(USA/Germany)
(from Oct. 20 2006)