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Victoria Singh holds feather duster and key props. Still from Sector X: the hot new work by New Zealand fetish/punk artist Satina Saturnina.

Three participants talking together at the lecture. Still from Gravitation Off by Rob La Frenais.

Carellin Brooks performs on stage. Still from Carellin Brooks' piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.

Performers comb and bleach hair. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.

One member of HUMAN 5 paints on the ground, while surrounded by two other group members. Still from Human 5 by HUMAN 5.

Boris Nieslony stands, facing the wall, and holding a long piece of string. Still from Boris Nieslony for Black Market International.

Roi Vaara in a suit, painting onto a white wall in grunt gallery. Still from Roi Vaara for Black Market International.

Jeanne Randolph leans against a podium, in front of a projection of a Sigmund Freud. Still from Syntax errors: Acting out, Play-Doh* and Doubt by Jeanne Randolph.

Double exposure of Sandra Lockwood reading a poem. Still from Havana Performance by Sandra Lockwood.

A figure stands along the Vancouver Seawall, adjusting a telescope. Still from Feu de joie by Randy and Berenicci.

Rodney Graham and band perform at the Anza Club. Still from A Country & Western Jamboree by Larry Krone.

Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa sits on a scaffold with his foot against a painted wall. Still from Sodomizing Diego Rivera by Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa.

Two screens with video projections, one reading: “You are a good spirit”. Flowers arranged on the floor in the shape of a figure with arms and and legs stretched. Still from Hungry Ghosts by Paul Wong.

A model stands with their hands on their hips, at the end of a runway, while the audience looks on. Still from Catwalk Envy: A Subverted Runway Show by Lorena Wolffer.

Projection of Ahmad Tabrizi accompanying Marlene Madison's live performance. Still from Little Miss Mira.

Rebecca lays on her back, with her fists raised straight up, surrounded by a half circle of lit candles. Still from A Simple Truth by Rebecca Belmore.

A performance setting consisting of bjects placed on a bedsheet including a teddy bear, a bowl of cut watermelon, yarn and a white glove. Still from strangling my kitten/her mouth in my mitten by kim dawn.

Tagny Duff holds a stop sign. Still from Tagny Duff's Bureaucratic Ambient in the Performance Art Cabaret.

Participants pause. Still from Notes From the Lab.

This event brings a fresh approach and current elements of urban youth culture into the dialogue of spectatorship and performance. The 1990s saw an explosion of technologized culture. Turntablism, music producers/arrangers, video, and multimedia…

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

Tagny Duff's Bureaucratic Ambient

Reservoir was a durational work by Rebecca Belmore. The artist used recycled jars to collect water and stockpiled it in the space. The reservoir remained in grunt gallery as an installation for a week following the performance.

The opening reception for Peter Conlin's Freedom, a performative exhibition that ran for for the following two weeks. Conlin used the gallery as a studio to create installations in an improvisational way, setting up several different zones to…

This performance is equal parts professional wrestling and sound assault. The costume (as well as some of the theatrics) is a replica of a 1970's Mexican wrestler. The Yellow Diablo appears in costume preparing for a match and wired with 15…