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In a small ofc on th fourth oor, FADO Performance ArtCentres (Studio 445) rtistic and dministrativ Dirctor

Shannon Cochrane runs th only artist-run cntr in

english Canada dvotd xclusivly to prformanc art.

Sh programs an imprssiv rostr of Canadian and

intrnational prformanc artists in both traditional and

unxpctd vnus throughout oronto.

FDO is actually a cntr without a physical cntr. hy

purposfully work without a xd prsntation spac so

that th projcts thy produc ar not limitd by a spcicnvironmnt. h slf-imposd challng is to nd th

right t for ach prformanc and lt it inform th ovrall

xprinc, much lik 401 ichmonds opn-air courtyard

did for Swiss artist Claudia Bucher last Sptmbr (s

photo on abl of Contnts pag).

FDOs xclusiv focus on prformanc art maks it on

of th strongst advocats for this oftn misundrstood

and marginal art form. udincs tnd to rly on th

convntions of a mdium (art on th wall, prformanc

on th stag) to giv thm cus about how to intract

with what thy ar viwing. Prformanc art disrupts

ths convntions, thus crating an intimat spac that

is tmporal, spatial, mbodid, and rlational.

Outsid of thir yar-round programming, which includs

partnrships with th 7a*11d International Festival of

Performance Art and many othrs, FDO also holds artisttalks, fstivals, rsidncis, xchangs, and workshops.

hy hav a vry busy spring coming up that includs

Film: Rope by Francesco Gagliardi at th 26th annual

Images Festival (Studio 448) in pril. h pic xplors

th rlationship btwn cinmatic spac and liv

prformanc, highlighting th ways w attmpt to translat

th stagd nvironmnt in cinmatic spac into ral spac.

Starting on March 6, FDO prsnts Alice De Visscher

and Simla Civelekat th Theatre Centre Pop-Upwhr achartist will prsnt two short prformanc

works in altrnating squnc. h format allows th

audinc to considr th work of two prs from

Blgium and urky/oronto rspctivly, sid by sid,

in ral tim. Nxt is th Emerging Artists Series: .sight.

specifc. curatd by Francisco-Fernando Granados that

includs liv prformanc projcts from Basil AlZeri,

Golboo Amani, Cressida Kocienski, and Maryham

Taghavi at Xpace Cultural Centre from March 8 to 30.

Prhaps what maks prformanc art most intrsting is

also what maks it th most uncomfortabl: artists and

audincs rarly gt to intract so intimatly, a situation

that could b xhilarating, or a littl too clos for comfort.

ou wont know until you try it!

www.performanceart.ca

FADO PERFORMANCE ART CENTRE Studio 445

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Shannon Cochrane at

Performance Art Links

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