FESTIVAL HOTLINE: 416-822-3219 (updated daily from October 13)

FREE WORKSHOPS

SUNDAY OCTOBER 15, 2006

GENDAI GALLERY (6 Garamond Ct.)
1:00 - 6:00 pm

Feel Invisible Things
anti-cool (Japan)
To register: contact Kerri Sakamoto kerrisakamoto [at] gendaigallery [dot] org
Registration limited to 10 participants
Supported in part by the Japan-Canada Fund (Canada Council for the Arts)

Allurements of Mass Media (2005)

"I would like to go through a process in which participants can experience unexpected feelings and ways of thinking by joining my workshop. Through this form of interaction and communication the participants will be able to reflect upon themselves, and the relationships between the participants and their surroundings."

Performance and installation artist, anti-cool (Tomoko Takahashi) was born in Kanagawa, Japan. Her works explore ways of conquering the boundaries and rules with which people surround themselves. Through communication with those present, she tries to find solutions in order to break through people’s self-imposed limits. She has exhibited in more than ten countries in the last six years. Recent group shows include Visions in the Nunnery, London, UK; Cultural Studies Wien at Museum Quarter 21, and Platform Kunst for Japan-EU year, Vienna, Austria.

MONDAY OCTOBER 23 - WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25, 2006

TORONTO FREE GALLERY (660 Queen St. E.)
6:00 - 8:00 pm

Breaking the Barriers of Discipline
Racquel de Loyola (Phiippines)
To register: contact performancefestival@hotmail.com
Registration limited to 6 participants
Supported in part by the Canada Council's Foreign Visiting Artist program

Mebuyan Project (2003-04)

Photo: Jess Aznar & Mideo. M. Cruz

An investigative journey into cross-disciplinary practices. Live art is classified as a paradoxical conjunction of established disciplines, and this workshop will seek out ways to negotiate the links – and missing links – between different media. After presenting a selection of performance documentation, the workshop will draw from each participant’s personal history, artistic background and media experience. By utilizing material-based explorations, the workshop will intensify as well as amalgamate everyone’s strongest capabilities.

Racquel de Loyola’s work addresses the issues of women, colonization, identity, migration, displacement, capitalism and globalization. Loyola is currently a convener of New World Disorder. She has recently presented performances at the Currency Festival of Performance (New York, 2005), the 7th ASIATOPIA (Bangkok, 2005), Asia Meet Asia (Tokyo, 2006), and the Laokoon Art Festival (Germany, 2004).