Bain Saint-Michel

sarah watson talks about tehching hsieh

23/09/2009 | par Guillaume

so maybe i have a little chip on my shoulder when it comes to « institutions » that i deem as being « snobby. » i have never even entered the premises of the dhc/art foundation, and yet i KNOW it is one of … Continuer la lecture →

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De retour après la pause

22/09/2009 | par Guillaume

Ce billet vous arrive avec un décalage de 24 h. Couvrir un événement comme VIVA! c’est comme faire le Tour de France, il faut savoir économiser ses énergies. Ce lundi, seule journée de repos dans le festival, en était un sans … Continuer la lecture →

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gwendoline robin talks

22/09/2009 | par Guillaume

gwendoline robin talks softly. in french. i missed much of what she said. and i may report my own misunderstandings. but here goes: as i said gwendoline robin talks softly, quietly. the girl who works with pyro (fire and explosives) … Continuer la lecture →

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alexis o'hara and danya mcleod

22/09/2009 | par Guillaume

two girls and a van and a whole lot of electronic equipment. plus the desire to infiltrate marginal places to create a gathering place. ah yes. territory. who owns, who controls, who has access, who polices and for whom? illusions … Continuer la lecture →

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mathieu léger

21/09/2009 | par Guillaume

you were never the same after that. spoken quietly. mouthed but not audible. repeated over and over. the performer mathieu léger opening his black briefcase, taking out and rolling out a long red paper ruler with numbers up to ten. … Continuer la lecture →

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spirit duplicata, joelle couturier and emilie roby

21/09/2009 | par Guillaume

i hope i have the right heading…cuz there were three performers.

i have to be honest. it was the last performance of the night. i was tired. i wanted to go home. and so…after sitting and « waiting » for the performance to begin with the steady beat of the music going on and on…and then « figuring out » that the « performance » was actually happening not in the pool but in the « dining room » next to the pool i assumed it was that and i started to pack up to go home. Continuer la lecture →

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maria legault…or its good to laugh at ourselves

21/09/2009 | par Guillaume

maria legault. obviously one of us. she knows our weaknesses, our sore points, our anxieties. but better than that, she knows how to make us laugh at ourselves. not an easy task. this ability to poke at sores, to speak … Continuer la lecture →

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bbb's workshop group

21/09/2009 | par Guillaume

o.k. imagine you take a workshop, a performance workshop, with a bunch of people you don’t know and have never worked with before. and you know you are to present a performance as part of a festival, a performance festival. … Continuer la lecture →

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isabelle kirouac, thérèse chabot, francis arsenault, céline boucher, valerie sabban, victoria stanton, anne bérubé, sylvie tourangeau, sarah wendt and sophie bensaid…students of bbb

21/09/2009 | par Guillaume

workshop2the performance began with a table setting and empty chairs. one by one the performers came and took up their place at the table. a family dynamic. one chair was conspicuously left empty. Continuer la lecture →

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no, he's not masturbating….that is a hose in carl trahan's hands and that is water shooting out

20/09/2009 | par Guillaume

o.k., so it is not the best little drawing in the world, but it is one of the best performances at the bain. carl trahan, between every « act » cleans the pool. sweeps up the left behind traces, hoses the pool … Continuer la lecture →

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