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Nathalie Derome's performance Girouette-Weathercock for FA3.

A performer kneels on the floor near a white square. Another lays on the floor in the background. Still from 7 Degrees.

Video documentation of Christine Taylor's piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.

A video camera, with the display screen flipped out, showing the top of John Boehme's head. Still from The Performance Evaluation Review by Judith Price and John Boehme.

Audience members pull flowers off of Lisa Deanne Smith's flower suit. Still from Flower Girl by Lisa Deanne Smith.

Giant food, genetically modified organisms, Beckett and Marx (that's the brothers not Karl) combine in fusion cooking's maddest combo yet. Slapstick comedy is mutilated and disemboweled and now the organs are taking over. What happens when…

Vanessa, Kara, and Josh, in matching outfits, speak at standing microphones, holding their hands up. Still from The Comedians by Vanessa Kwan, Josh Neelands, and Kara Uzelman.

This 3 hour performance is based on a comedian's 5 minute solo routine taken from a late night talk show. All three artists wore identical clothing and repeating the monologues simultaneously including gestures, emotional expressions, and…

Rehearsal is part of an ongoing investigation on the conditions which surround "performance". The performance event accompanies a two week installation that attempts to activate the gallery space, blurring lines between performance and non…

Part drive-in theatre, part live radio show, 'Half-a-Tank' took place in a large parking lot at 1st Avenue and Ontario Street, where audience members, seated inside their cars, parked in a large circle facing inward. Inside the circle, a…

The Human Faux Pas piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.

Informed by popular culture and situated in contemporary cultural issues, Marlene Madison's Mira investigates multiple performance gestures and takes a humorous look at the phenomenon of cults - from psychoanalysis to those which more subtly…

Participants gather in the Contemporary Art Gallery. Still from Rehearsal by Judy Radul.

A member of Radix Theatre stands atop a paint-covered car as a a group of people surround it. Still from Half-a-Tank by Radix Theatre.

Margot Leigh Butler speaks at a podium, in front of a projected image of a bee hive. Still from Syntax errors: The honey's not far from the sting by Margot Leigh Baker.

Louise stands on stage in a jumpsuit as Kerriann Cardinal holds up another in the background. Still from Taking in Strangers by Louise Moyes.

Glenn Alteen cleans sand off of the gallery floor, after the performance. Still from reservoir by Rebecca Belmore.

Thirza Cuthand reads from a small book. Still from Alice by Thirza Cuthand.

Irene Loughlin and another person up on a fire escape. Still from Vertigo by Irene Loughlin.

Artist Mo-Ling Chui stands next to a participant monitoring headphones. Still from Notes From the Lab.

A doll dress and other objects at Diane Landry's table. Still from La Morue (Cod) by Diane Landry.

Judy Radul interacts with two participants at the Contemporary Art Gallery. Still from Rehearsal by Judy Radul.

Nathalie Derome, Victoria Stanton, and Louise Dubreuil on stage at Cafe Montmartre. Still from Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal with writers Vincent Tinguely and Victoria…

Rebecca reaches for one of the candles in a ring of lit candles. Still from A Simple Truth by Rebecca Belmore.

David Yonge puts on a wrestling outfit and prepares for his match. Still from Yellow Diablo by David Yonge.