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Alastair MacLennan stands over a table, holding plants and grasses. Still from Rove Over by Alastair MacLennan for Black Market International.

In conjunction with the LIVE Biennial of Performance Art 2005, The Al Neil Project presented 4 evenings of interdisciplinary work by, and inspired by, Vancouver innovator Al Neil, a seminal force in the multi-disciplinary practices that have…

Josée Tremblay's performance Same line for FA3.

Rebecca Belmore stands barefoot at grunt gallery. Still from reservoir by Rebecca Belmore.

A participant views the Freedom installation, including writing on the wall. Still from Freedom by Peter Conlin.

Allen Fisher reaches his hand toward a projected image on a screen. Still from the Monuments to the Future: Social Resonance in the Art of Joseph Beuys reading by Allen Fisher.

Bérangère Parizeau smiles while looking through a frame. Still from I'll Show You Happiness by Bérangère Parizeau.

Barabas illustrates the body as a vessel for energy, essence, and idea. A tattoo excavates the seamline between the front and back of the artist's body. The artist asks, what is the connection? what do we contain? and what is the nature of the…

Dolores Dallas shaking hands with an audience member. Still from An Apple is an Apple by Dolores Dallas.

Dallas creates a moving sculpture by transforming animal hides into abstract forms and sculptures, applying 'tattoo-like' designs and free verse poetry to the surfaces. The plains of the skins are screens into which she will project her…

Promotional portrait of Helena Goldwater. Still from pucker by Helena Goldwater.

Lori sits at a table in the YWCA window, wearing a wig and a dress, and crying out. Still from One Hundred Housewives by Lori Weidenhammer.

A performer squats, spreading debris across the floor. Text saying, “The performance is in” can be seen on the wall. Still from 7 Degrees.

The performance group One Night Only work by taking over alternate or empty spaces to create site-specific installation work in dialogue with the form and function of the space. Six artists inhabited the space of the Bartlett Exhibition and…

Julianna raises her arms and opens her mouth while being tattooed on her leg. Still from Seamline by Julianna Barabas.

Video documentation of Stephen Anthony's second piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.

Steven Anthony's pieces in the Performance Art Cabaret

Standing in front of a projected map of Montreal, Louise looks out and holds an arm up. Still from Taking in Strangers by Louise Moyes.

Mo's beard is trimmed by a participant. Both are spotlit in front of the projected words “Future of Empire”. Still from Racism in Empire by Mo Sa'lemy.

This performance is inspired by the book "Empire" by Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt with its philosophical and political propositions of shifting configurations of racism. However, it is clear that racism has not receded but actually…

The engulfed sculpture. Still from Feu de joie by Randy and Berenicci.

Taking in Strangers is a show that explores through oral history, physical, theatre, video, and projected images, the similarities and connections between the people of Newfoundland and Québec. With text taken verbatim from conversations, this show…

Randy and Berenicci, dressed as nomadic travelers, appear to float in False Creek on a sculpture engulfed in flames. From the land, viewers used an optically assisted telescope to create the illusion of the performers waling endlessly through the…

For LIVE, Martin Beauregard produced his performance 'Fireworks', using a slide projector and live sound effects. Beauregard's simulations fall flat, never reaching the needed climax in their fulfillment of his intention to wipe out…

Aiyyana Maracle prepares to smudge. Still from Aiyyana Maracle and DB Boyko's piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.