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Berenicci near the water's edge, below Vancouver's BC Place. Still from Feu de joie by Randy and Berenicci.

A performer prepares a clothesline. Performers comb and bleach hair. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.

Victoria Stanton on stage at the microphone with Louise Dubreuil, Josée Tremblay, and Nathalie Derome watching. Still from Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal with writers…

Ron Samworth and participants at the door to the bus. Still from The Sniffy the Rat 10th Anniversary Bus Tour.

Audience members at UBC Robson Square Theatre. Still from Props For The Memory and Doing Wrong in the Work of Joseph Beuys by Kristine Stiles.

A participant experiences an audio-smell guide with artists Millie Chen and Evelyn Von Michalofski. Still from The Seven Sauces by Millie Chen and Evelyn Von Michalofski.

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

LIVE Biennial of Performance Art 2005 is the final festival featured in this collection. Coordinated by Jeremy Turner, LIVE 2005 saw the launch of a dedicated website listing festival events and the decentralization of photography duties from grunt…

Two children and an adult look in on Lori through the YWCA storefront window. Still from One Hundred Housewives by Lori Weidenhammer.

Stiles, Robert, Arcand, and Alteen and the audience discuss the nature and veracity of performance art documentation, the impulse to document and publish as a function of arts institutions, and the interplay of theory born of intuition and…

Judy Radul and Geoffrey Farmer's collaborative work resulting from their excursions to Vancouver courtrooms. The artists examined the "cultural performance" that takes place within the court of law, a fertile 'stage' because…

"Take that paint!! Put it there!! You can do it!! Cause you care!!" After quitting art school, Gifford committed to a year-long regimen of physical training for cheerleading. She performs her "opening cheers" designed to unite…

Lori in front of the YWCA window, in a wig, holding a pole towards a child looking in from outside. Still from One Hundred Housewives by Lori Weidenhammer.

Card for the Fraktale III: Factor Transzendenz event, featuring Boris Nieslony. Collected material for Boris Nieslony's Black Market International performance.

Fax cover sheet notifying the Vancouver Port Authority of the performance. Collected material from Feu de joie by Randy and Berenicci.

Rodney Graham singing on stage, surrounded by his band. Still from Closing Reception with the Rodney Graham Band.

Letter from the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery to grunt gallery regarding the loan of an image of Andrea Fraser performing her work Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk.

CV for the KIT artist collective. Collected material for Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Promotional flyer from the Vancouver Art Gallery. Collected material for Mondo Artie Episode #6070.

A member of Norma with obscured vision, standing in between other members arranged in two lines of four. Still from Walk, Walk, Shuffle by Norma.

Wide shot of the stage setup and audience at Video In. Still from Re-Act by Paul Wong.

Video documentation of Reservoir by Rebecca Belmore.

Peter Conlin and participants, including Glenn Alteen, gather in the Western Front. Still from Freedom by Peter Conlin.

Virtual guests projected onto a large screen, at a long dinner table, across from in person guests. Still from Dinner For Corporeal and Radiant Beings by Dinka Pignon.