Moving Bodies by MC Coble

In Moving Bodies, MC Coble returns to their epic 10-night climb of Ontario Place’s iconic Cinesphere, a performance from FADO’s 2016 MONOMYTHS series.

Moving Bodies screens at The Commons on May 25, during Doors Open Toronto.

MONOMYTHS Stage 7

Stage 7: Ordeals

PULSE by MC Coble

In this 10-night performance, the artist climbs the iconic Cinesphere at Ontario Place in order to repurpose it as a beacon of protest.

Commitment Issues curated by Jess Dobkin

Commitment Issues presents the work of artists who use their bodies as primary source material to investigate qualities and dimensions of commitment—to ideas, to performance, to audience and to the artists themselves.

An Interview with MC Coble

Claudia Edwards interviews MC Coble about the dialogue between their two works, PULSE (2016) and Moving Bodies (2024).

Notes on Myth-Making

Notes on Myth-Making by Alison Cooley and Daniella Sanader. The writers reflect on FADO’s epic year-long MONOMYTHS series, conceived and curated by Shannon Cochrane and jess Dobkin. Published in C Magazine.

REAL TO REEL

As an immaterial practice, performance art’s relationship to archive has always been a fraught one. Using their own/other documentation from the FADO archive, these five artists activate and challenge the linear narrative of the archive by creating new video works inspired by (or even using) their own documentation material.

Videos by Gustaf Broms (Sweden), Heather Rule (Canada), Margaret Dragu (Canada), MC Coble (USA/Sweden), Simla Civelek (Canada).

MONOMYTHS

The MONOMYTHS perception of the universal journey dispels the notion of the lone patriarchal figure on a conquest to vanquish his demons–both inner and outer–in consideration of community, collectivity, and collaboration.

Golden Book 3: Pulse

Your Morse Code guidebook to accompany MC Coble’s 10-day protest performance, PULSE.