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Standing in front of mailboxes and a projection of horses racing, Jamie spills a dark liquid all over his face and body. Still from Barbed Wire by Jamie McMurry.

Thirza Cuthand unfolds a map. Still from Alice by Thirza Cuthand.

Helena Goldwater works with performance props. Still from pucker by Helena Goldwater.

Video still of Marlene Madison projected during the performance. Still from Little Miss Mira.

Michael Turner and Judy Radul perform on stage at the Anza Club. Still from A Country & Western Jamboree by Larry Krone.

Julianna, the tattoo artist, and the audience laugh together. Tattooed lines can be seen on Julianna's legs. Still from Seamline by Julianna Barabas.

Clay Hastings and Adad Hannah perform in front of a projection of a chicken. Still from The Human Faux Pas piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.

Projection of Fiona Bowie accompanying Marlene Madison's live performance. Still from Little Miss Mira.

Thirza Cuthand smiles at the audience. Still from Alice by Thirza Cuthand.

Nathalie Derome stands above a pile of wood and fabric and a stick of burning incense, speaking into the microphone. Still from Girouette-Weathercock.

Part of four-legged, two rear-ended organism lays in doorway, in front of seated audience, covered in food. Still from Total Ass by Erin Stanley and Corin Sworn.

Nathalie Derome's performance Girouette-Weathercock for FA3.

The Human Faux Pas piece in the Performance Art Cabaret.

Informed by popular culture and situated in contemporary cultural issues, Marlene Madison's Mira investigates multiple performance gestures and takes a humorous look at the phenomenon of cults - from psychoanalysis to those which more subtly…

Participants gather in the Contemporary Art Gallery. Still from Rehearsal by Judy Radul.

A member of Radix Theatre stands atop a paint-covered car as a a group of people surround it. Still from Half-a-Tank by Radix Theatre.

Giant food, genetically modified organisms, Beckett and Marx (that's the brothers not Karl) combine in fusion cooking's maddest combo yet. Slapstick comedy is mutilated and disemboweled and now the organs are taking over. What happens when…

Vanessa, Kara, and Josh, in matching outfits, speak at standing microphones, holding their hands up. Still from The Comedians by Vanessa Kwan, Josh Neelands, and Kara Uzelman.

This 3 hour performance is based on a comedian's 5 minute solo routine taken from a late night talk show. All three artists wore identical clothing and repeating the monologues simultaneously including gestures, emotional expressions, and…

Rehearsal is part of an ongoing investigation on the conditions which surround "performance". The performance event accompanies a two week installation that attempts to activate the gallery space, blurring lines between performance and non…

Part drive-in theatre, part live radio show, 'Half-a-Tank' took place in a large parking lot at 1st Avenue and Ontario Street, where audience members, seated inside their cars, parked in a large circle facing inward. Inside the circle, a…

Video documentation of Marginalia by Pam Hall and Margaret Dragu.

Johnny Mike and Verdell Primeaux sing while Dana Claxton takes a pause from weaving. Still from Ablakela by Dana Claxton.

Allen Fisher gestures toward a projected screen showing a large room while speaking to the audience. Still from the Monuments to the Future: Social Resonance in the Art of Joseph Beuys reading by Allen Fisher.

Ruby Truly with monitors and video projections in the Havana Gallery. Still from Wireless Bodies by Ruby Truly.