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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.

Thirza Cuthand performs under spot lighting. Still from Alice by Thirza Cuthand.

Audience members and the videographer sit towards the back of the room. Still from re: live with Judy Radul, Warren Arcand, Meesoo Lee, Tagny Duff, and Randy Lee Cutler.

Audience members chatting. Still from the Collaboration panel with One Night Only, Lizard Jones, Randy and Berenicci, and moderator Susan Stewart.

Louise Dubreuil stands shoeless on stage, wearing a skirt covered in hanging toy figurines. Still from Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal with writers Vincent Tinguely and…

Thundering Word Heard, the weekly spoken word/music fusion open mic series, presented the Vancouver book launch of 'Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal'. Word-sters…

Mo reads from a podium, next to projected text of lecture topics. Still from Racism in Empire by Mo Sa'lemy.

Berenicci spotlit along Vancouver's False Creek Seawall. Still from Feu de joie by Randy and Berenicci.

A performer kneeling, spreading debris across the floor. Still from 7 Degrees.

Video documentation of Fireworks by Martin Beauregard.

Rebecca Belmore fills plastic tubes on the projected gallery floor with water. Still from reservoir by Rebecca Belmore.

Lena Olin in conversation with an audience member. Still from The Crash by Andrew McCully.

Flowers arranged on the floor in the shape of a figure with arms and and legs stretched. Still from Hungry Ghosts by Paul Wong.

Hungry Ghosts is a five channel video installation that features a mix of Wong's past video and performance works touching on the recurring subject of death. The video installation provides an ephemeral form where interdisciplinary elements…

Victoria Stanton serves slices of cake to the audience. Still from (If) not for me (If) not for you.

A rubbing reading: “I WAS BORN. I WILL DIE.” Still from A Simple Truth by Rebecca Belmore.

In person guests seated along one side of a long table, across from a projection of virtual guests. Still from Dinner For Corporeal and Radiant Beings by Dinka Pignon.

Roi Vaara masked and standing with his feet tied together, next to a table with a radio and antennae and a projector screen. Still from Roi Vaara for Black Market International.

Peter Conlin stands in the centre of his installation. Still from Freedom by Peter Conlin.

Alvin Erasga Tolentino stands facing a bench and a hanging light bulb at Gallery Gachet. Still from Volt 2 by Alvin Erasga Tolentino.

Four participants in the Western Front's kitchen. Still from Spending Time Together by Kirsten Forkert.

Over the first two weeks of November, Forkert convened small groups of participants to perform everyday activities together in public and private spaces, drawing attention to the experience of time and the possibilities of spending time together. At…

As an artist who works both in performance and video art, Lida Abdul creates poetic spaces that allow the viewer to interrogate the familiar and the personal. Her work is guided by a ritualized formalism that insinuates the immediacy of myth and the…