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This piece is a compilation of four solos. The image and message of Mary Magdalene is portrayed from four historical viewpoints: the medieval, the Elizabethan, the turn of the Twentieth Century, and the modern. The challenge of uniting the physical…

Video documentation of Rove Over by Alastair MacLennan for Black Market International.

Alastair MacLennan is knowns for long durational performances with concerns of ethic, religious/political bigotry, tolerance, social improvement, death, mutation, and transformation. His performance for LIVE 2003, Rove Over, was part of Black Market…

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…

A performance art fashion show of local artists curated by Mexican performance artist Lorena Wolffer and produced by Lori Weidenhammer. As well as creating a unique group show, Wolffer will be performing her own piece which critiques the effect of…

Groups of participants near a side wall, chatting and eating food together. Still from Picnic by Mima Preston and Gareth Moore.

One of the Satina Droids manipulates the key prop while Victoria Singh handles props on the floor. Still from Sector X: the hot new work by New Zealand fetish/punk artist Satina Saturnina.

Margot Leigh Butler speaks at a podium, in front of a projection about pollination. Still from Syntax errors: The honey's not far from the sting by Margot Leigh Baker.

Persimmon Blackbridge performs in a gurney with a projection. Still from Borderline Disorderly.

In person guests, including Glenn Alteen and Rebecca Belmore, seated along one side of a long table. Still from Dinner For Corporeal and Radiant Beings by Dinka Pignon.

Reality is mirrored through video feeds that have real guests dining with virtual ones in this intimate and eerie experience. Video guests address real guests in arbitrary conversations as if they were able to see them. Guests can respond to the…

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.

A performer holds a chain connected to a disco ball, while Paul Wong records it with a video camera. Still from Re-Act by Paul Wong.

Lori in a blonde wig, gloves, and dressed in a white outfit, stands in the YWCA storefront window. Still from One Hundred Housewives by Lori Weidenhammer.

Re-Act was a two night retrospective of live art by Paul Wong, taking the form of a live multimedia presentation including video projects and multi-monitors, live video mixing, musicians, audio, lighting, movement, and theatrics, all directed live…

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