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Roi Vaara stands in a suit, with his head inside a cardboard box. Still from the collaborative work by Roi Vaara, Alastair MacLennan, and Boris Nieslony for Black Market International.

A participant dances on stage. Still from Notes From the Lab.

Clay Hastings and Adad Hannah perform in front of a projection of a chicken. Still from The Human Faux Pas piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.

Projection of Fiona Bowie accompanying Marlene Madison's live performance. Still from Little Miss Mira.

Thirza Cuthand smiles at the audience. Still from Alice by Thirza Cuthand.

Ken speaks from a table covered in electronics and various other materials. Still from How to Predict the Weather Using a Pig Spleen by Ken Gregory.

Alastair and audience members around a long table filled with plates of soil, plants, and footprint cutouts. Still from Rove Over by Alastair MacLennan for Black Market International.

Irene dangling from a rope that someone is holding. Still from Vertigo by Irene Loughlin.

Nathalie Derome stands above a pile of wood and fabric and a stick of burning incense, speaking into the microphone. Still from Girouette-Weathercock.

Part of four-legged, two rear-ended organism lays in doorway, in front of seated audience, covered in food. Still from Total Ass by Erin Stanley and Corin Sworn.

Nathalie Derome's performance Girouette-Weathercock for FA3.

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.

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…

A member of Liminal squats down to grab another member. Still from Objects for the Emancipated Consumer by Liminal.

David Yonge, in a wrestling costume, pushing open the hood of a Camaro. Still from Yellow Diablo by David Yonge.

Ron Samworth plays guitar on the bus. Still from The Sniffy the Rat 10th Anniversary Bus Tour.

Lori Blondeau inspects the bleach job. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.

Clay Hastings and Adad Hannah move in unison. Still from The Human Faux Pas piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.