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The Performance Network Symposium brought together curators from across Canada to develop and explore networking and exchange opportunities in the performance art sector via three days of attending LIVE events and discussions for participants,…

'Barbed Wire' is McMurry's autobiographical performance that will challenge our perceptions and emotions. We witness him in states of physical danger as he performs defiant and dangerous activities that young boys specifically engage…

Margaret Dragu addresses the audience with assistance from Bobbi Kozinuk. Still from Margaret Dragu's piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.

Margaret Dragu's piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.

Boris Nieslony has worked in performance art since the 1970's and is the founder of Black Market International. He works extensively around the world organizing and networking performance art activity.

The Performance Art Cabaret at the Vogue Theatre was the kickoff event for LIVE at the End of the Century, the first LIVE Biennial of Performance Art. Organized by Glenn Alteen and Brice Canyon, this event continued a tradition of cabaret…

Kiss & Tell members perform together. Still from Borderline Disorderly.

Cabaret diva-comedienne and performance artist, Astrid Hadad, already a legend in her native Mexico City and across the world, is known for her ravishing voice and outrageous stage presence. Astrid's show is a fusion of song, theatre and…

Audience members and AV equipment at Video In. Still from Re-Act by Paul Wong.

Roi Vaara faces the audience while holding up a sign as Boris Nieslony faces the window. Still from the collaborative work by Roi Vaara, Alastair MacLennan, and Boris Nieslony for Black Market International.

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.

Dynamo presented Liminal's original production, Objects for the Emancipated Consumer, a multimedia spy drama and interactive performance and installation. Six characters searched for answers to an ambiguous series of past, present, and future…

Audience members enjoy the gathering. Still from The Crash by Andrew McCully.

Helena Goldwater stretches a fishnet stocking and speaks into the microphone. Still from pucker by Helena Goldwater.

Performance setting at grunt gallery. Still from An Apple is an Apple by Dolores Dallas.

LIVE at the End of the Century 1999 was the first LIVE Biennial of Performance Art and was conceived of and coordinated by Glenn Alteen and Brice Canyon. Eleven Vancouver arts organizations and countless individuals collaborated to produce five…

Members of Norma stand in two parallel lines of four, with thumbs in their pockets, and clothing wrapped around their heads to obscure their vision. Still from Walk, Walk, Shuffle by Norma.

Vanessa, Kara, and Josh, in matching outfits, stand side-by-side, speaking into microphones. Still from The Comedians by Vanessa Kwan, Josh Neelands, and Kara Uzelman.

Rodney Graham at the microphone. Another guitarist can be seen in the background. Still from Closing Reception with the Rodney Graham Band.

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.

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.