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Helena Goldwater covers her mouth. Still from pucker by Helena Goldwater.

Persimmon Blackbridge, Lizard Jones, and Susan Stewart read their scripts. Still from Borderline Disorderly.

Bérangère Parizeau stands in a clown outfit, surrounded by audience members and someone holding up a ball. Still from I'll Show You Happiness by Bérangère Parizeau.

Lesbian art collective Kiss & Tell's Borderline Disorderly draws on their experiences as artists and activists to confront the complexity of making art as queer Canadians. This performance is about artistic process, censorship, the gulf…

A multimedia performance by Vancouver based Anishinabe writer Marie Annharte Baker celebrating the coyotrix - the continuing presence of the coyote in urban life. Presented by IMAG.

Jude Norris cuts a slash in the side of the tipi. Still from Blue Lodge.

Kerriann reaches to extend two outstretched arms to the side. Still from A Mile in My Moccasins by Kerriann Cardinal.

Video documentation of Too Close to Fire by Taste This.

Taste This, a group of four performers who blend storytelling, music, and performance to create a multi-media spoken word experience, has been known to take on topics ranging from cross dressing to super heroes, and now, pyromania. Too Close to Fire…

Props, including the now empty fruit bowl, remain following the performance. Still from strangling my kitten/her mouth in my mitten by kim dawn.

Judith Price stands behind a stool covered in a tutu, in between a TV on a rolling stand and a plinth. Still from The Performance Evaluation Review by Judith Price and John Boehme.

Video documentation of pucker. Courtesy of the Western Front Archives. https://front.bc.ca/wwwf-collection/western-front-media-archive/

Alvin Erasga Tolentino sits on a bench, facing a hanging light bulb at Gallery Gachet. Still from Volt 2 by Alvin Erasga Tolentino.

"Picnic" sites were chosen for their potential areas of leisure as well as their unique and sometimes awkward placement in the city. Pedestrians were encouraged to join and participate in these site-specific picnics. This closing reception…

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

The third LIVE Biennial of Performance Art once again saw the convergence of local, national, and international performance artists, scholars, curators, and audiences in Vancouver. Directed by David Yonge, LIVE 2003 featured a special emphasis on…

One member of Liminal lays on the ground as another grabs their face. Still from Objects for the Emancipated Consumer by Liminal.

Audience members surround a tent while watching the performance. Still from Rebecca Belmore's performance at grunt gallery as part of Chiasma by Hester Reeve, Rebecca Belmore, and Léa Donnan.

A model holds an umbrella as they walk the runway. Still from Catwalk Envy: A Subverted Runway Show by Lorena Wolffer.

Helena Goldwater with a handbag performance prop. Still from pucker by Helena Goldwater.

Jamie stands among props, looking down into a mailbox, in front of a projection of a concession stand. Still from Barbed Wire by Jamie McMurry.