FADO E-BULLETIN
August 2023

1. TO WATCH ARTIST ENGAGEMENTS ON THE FADO WEBSITE
   DATE AVAILABLE NOW
   LOCATION ONLINE
   SOURCE FADO

Now available on the FADO website for your reading, listening and viewing pleasures…

FADO archive resident Jordan King interviews Aleesa Cohene about Vancouver, Los Angeles, Kathy Bates, film-making and things that smell (like, perfume). READ THE INTERVIEW HERE.

FADO archive resident Jordan King interviews Margaret Dragu about archiving, parades, the domestic, and her 2000 performance Cleaning and Loving It. This interview is one in a series of three interviews by Jordan Beley with select artists about their work at FADO and the archive. LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE.

Francesco Gagliardi, Shannon Cochrane and the artists and score-writing duos from FADO’s most recent performance art series, A Score of Scores, gathered post-event to reflect on collaboration, performance writing, authorship, and scores and their interpretation. WATCH THE CONVERSATION SCORE HERE.

2. FADO PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH DENYS BLACKER
   DATE SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
   LOCATION TORONTO, CANADA
   SOURCE FADO

Join us for an evening with Denys Blacker in which she presents a new performance. Blacker performs in Toronto before heading to the VIVA! Art Action main stage. VIVA! takes place from September 11–17, 2023 and FADO is happy to be collaborating with them on programming once again.

FADO is thrilled to host Deny Blacker in Toronto. She is a visual artist whose practice spans performance art, drawing, sculpture and video. In 2002, she co-founded Gresol, a non-profit cultural association and has organized over 20 international Performance art festivals in Girona and Barcelona. Of note is FEM, an annual festival showcasing the work of women performance artists which is now in its 16th edition. She is a founding member of the all-women performance group Ocells al Cap (Birds in the Head) and a member of the International performance group Wolf in the Winter. She is co-founder of the EU funded project ELAA (European Live Art Archive) based in the University of Girona.

Blacker’s interest lies in the way we intercommunicate and how we develop our individual and communal capacity for adaptability and contingency. Contingency can be understood literally as the absence of certainty in events, but it can also mean, forming part of a larger group. It is in this connection to the larger group, where Blacker explores the artistic, social and political implications of engaging with embodied, intuitive and visceral ways of knowing. Her investigation has led her to explore the boundaries between subject and object and between self and other, to reveal how we might communicate in ways that go beyond the cognitive senses, including the possibilities of telepathy and precognition.

While in Toronto, Denys will also be hosting a special workshop for female-identified performance artists. Stay tuned for details to be announced in September.

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3. TO SMELL ENGAGEMENT PINK
   DATE AVAILABLE NOW
   LOCATION WORLDWIDE
   SOURCE FADO

The FADO website, created by the unique minds at I Know You Know, is guided by colour and scent.

The navigation menu contains the various categories by which FADO presents our work. The menu on the left side of your browser, where you see “about,” “performance,” “series,” “engagements,” and so on, highlights these areas. Each of the categories is color-coded and contains a description of a unique fragrance. The scent illuminates the qualities of the various ways FADO works. You can read the description of the categories/colours/scents in the footer of each web page. The notes of each scent (top, middle, and base) conjure the elements, memories, and characteristics of our performances, artists, engagements, writing, bulletin, and the archive.

The fragrances are conceptual and actual. Some remain on the website as a description, in the form of a digital scratch n’ sniff that you can read and imagine for yourself.

Some are formulated and are for smelling. In real life. The second scent in the series that you can experience for yourself is ENGAGEMENT PINK. Subscribe to the FADO email list and include your mailing address and FADO will send you an ENGAGEMENT PINK scented postcard. For a limited time, if you live in Canada, we will also include a special surprise. If you are already on our mailing list, you can update your profile with your mailing address. DO THAT HERE, and your ENGAGEMENT PINK-scented postcard will be on its way.

x, fado

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4. EVENT SUMMERWORKS PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
   DATE AUGUST 3–13, 2023
   LOCATION TORONTO, CANADA
   SOURCE SUMMERWORKS

Join the 33rd SummerWorks Performance Festival for 11 days of diverse encounters and curious collaborations with artists, audiences, and creative partners from across Canada, and around the world. Curated by, and in conversation with our six guest curators, the 2023 Festival asks crucial questions about our relationship to our senses, and heightens our embodied awareness of the world around us. You’ll experience a diverse mix of innovative and sensorial performance experiences combined with unique and thought-provoking creative exchanges.

If you’ve attended in the past, or you are just now encountering SummerWorks for the first time – welcome! There is so much rich potential in the moment of meeting; between two people and between artist and audience. There’s a sensation that’s palpable; there’s a spark that ignites when we share space in intimacy and in proximity with one another. There’s an endless array of possibilities…Whether it’s in the theatre, at the Market, or on the dance floor, we look forward to meeting you and sharing space with you!

GUEST CURATORS
Sue Balint
Ralph Escamillan
Aria Evans
Jivesh Parasram
Ted Witzel
Alsion Wong

ARTISTS
Lisa Cooke Ravensbergen
Sharon Moore
Lilia Leon
Irma Villafuerte
Ramesh Meyyappan
Gislina Patterson
Dasha Plett
R. Flex
Driftnote
Kt Ayer
Ellen Moore
Aisha Lesley Bentham
Alyssa Martin
Switch Collective
AND MANY MORE!

FESTIVAL DETAILS
When: August 3–13, 2023
Where: Various venues, Farmer’s Markets, and neighbourhoods across Toronto
Ticketing Information: Tickets on sale July 19, 2023.

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5. PERFORMANCE 1S1 THEATRE PRESENTS LADY M (MARGARET)
   DATE AUGUST 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2023
   LOCATION TORONTO, CANADA
   SOURCE SUMMERWORKS

Lady M (Margaret) is a new, Deaf-led adaptation of Macbeth that explores Shakespeare’s famous power couple with an intersectional experience for both Deaf and hearing audiences. Adapted, created and directed by internationally-renowned, Scotland-based theatre maker Ramesh Meyyappan, this world premiere performance work is the inaugural production by 1s1 Theatre featuring Dawn Jani Birley and Sturla Alvsvåg in the title roles.

“Deaf-led projects by culturally and linguistically Deaf professional artists are so rare in Canada. In order to build authentic bridges of intercultural exchanges between Deaf and hearing communities, it is vital for Deaf artists to have a say – or be empowered and supported in telling our own stories – rather than being portrayed in ways we have been systemically perceived.” ~Dawn Jani Birley, Performer in Lady M (Margaret)

There is a 20-minute post-show talkback on August 8th, featuring Director, Ramesh Meyyappan, and Performers, Dawn Jani Birley, Sturla Alvsvåg, and Joshua Bosworth.

CREDITS
Ramesh Meyyappan: Director
Dawn Jani Birley: Lady Macbeth
Sturla Alvsvåg: Macbeth
Joshua Bosworth: Duncan
Julia Dickson: Producer
Patrick Lynn: Production Manager
Michelle Soicher: Stage Manager
Sally Roberts: Assistant Stage Manager
Andre du Toit: Lighting Designer
Jung-Hye Kim: Set Designer
Carlyn Rahusaar Routledge: Costume Designer
Jenna Geen: Sound Designer/Composer
Daniel Levinson: Fight Director

DETAILS
Dates: August 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Venue: The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street West, Toronto
Ticket prices: $15, $25, $35

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6. EVENT LEGS RIMOUSKI
   DATE AUGUST 19, 2023
   LOCATION RIMOUSKI, CANADA
   SOURCE CHRISTIAN BUJOLD

LEGS is a series of relay performance events initiated by the performance art community in Montreal in 2015 and is characterized by a questioning of curatorial and institutional financial models to allow for greater freedom of action and deployment. The initiators of LEGS wanted to create a horizontal, independent and flexible performance event open to everyone, regardless of level of experience and artistic approach. 51 participants in 2015 es relayed for about 9 straight hours for performances of about 10 minutes uninterrupted. In order to be consistent with the founding principles, a “LEGS participation” has been created so that anyone who has already participated can initiate their own LEGS. To date, LEGS listed events in Montreal, Toronto, Basel, Giswil, Zurich, Olten and Chicoutimi.

LEGS RIMOUSKI will take place on August 19, at the Caravansérail Center in Roumouski, Quebec. LEGS, ROUMOUSKI is (non)organized by Christian Bujold, one of the founding artists of the first Legs, and frequent Legs participant. Check the website for details!

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7. EVENT ONE BRIEF HISTORY OF DRAG WITH MIKIKI
   DATE AUGUST 21–27, 2023
   LOCATION ST. JOHN’S, CANADA
   SOURCE MIKIKI

One Brief History of Drag
Mikiki presents 25 years of Radical Drag Performance

August 21–27, 2023
The Rooms in St. John’s, Newfoundland

A retrospective festival looking back at 25 years of Mikiki’s radical performance art drag. Featuring remakes, fixes, and responses by friends local, national and international.

PROGRAM & ARTISTS

August 21
Taka Taka (NL)
Irma Gerd (Newfoundland/CA)
Mikiki (Newfoundland/CA)

August 23
Adriana Disman (CA/DE)
/garbagefile (Newfoundland/CA)
Mikiki

August 24
Workshop with Mikiki: The Losing Art of Plating: Drag Aesthetics, Food Security & Harm Reduction
Artist Roundtable facilitated by Anthea Black (CA/US)

August 25
Marita Bullmann (DE)
Phoenix Inana Sankofa LaBeija (QC)
Peaches LePoz (QC)
Mikiki
The Ship Inn

August 27
Mikiki presents Rose Beef
Kim Upstill (US)
2x Writer’s Guild of America Award nominee and Golden Girls (SE01) writer Stan Zimmerman (US)
SHISS! with Glenn Nuotio

STAYED TUNED HERE

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8. EVENT FRIISLAND LIVE
   DATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
   LOCATION COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
   SOURCE LIVE ART DENMARK

FRIISLAND LIVE welcomes you back with fresh energy from the summer and proudly presents a new live night of performance art with Maria Lepistö (Sewden) and Johannes Deimling (Germany).

MARIA LEPISTÖ (S) presents a choose-your-own adventure / performance lecture about humans, wolves and other animals. The performance is in extension of her wondrous exhibition, The Animals Were Never Alone III, with a vernissage August 23. More information can be found HERE.

Maria Lepistö is a Swedish performance artist in Denmark working with sound and oral storytelling, mixing science, history, mythology and personal anecdotes. A recurring topic is animal communication; a research that explores otherness identity and embodiment. Working with my own voice and the voices of others, I want to stretch what language can be and how it manifests inside and between us, in sound, movement, and imitation.

JOHANNES DEIMLING (DE) will perform in the ocean a few metres away from FRIISLAND – with a new performance from his series, The Dance of the Receptors. As part of the ÅBEN festival, you can also experience him the following night with another work in the German Embassy.

Johannes Deimling is a German performance artist and performance art teacher known for pushing the boundaries of artistic expression. With a career spanning over two decades, Deimling explores themes of identity, vulnerability, and the passage of time through live actions, installations, and interactive performances.

FRIISLAND LIVE is part of the ÅBEN festival.

9. EVENT VIVA! ART ACTION
   DATE SEPTEMBER 13–16, 2023
   LOCATION MONTRÉAL CANADA
   SOURCE VIVA!

Following a long pause imposed by the pandemic, we are delighted to announce the return of our international festival, VIVA! art action! Highly anticipated, this upcoming 8th edition will take place from September 13–16 at L’union Française, and will bring together some twenty local and international artists, highlighting practices that stand out for their vivacity and the singularity of their performative vocabulary.

ARTISTS
Anguezomo Mba Bikoro (Gabon/Allemagne)
Catherine Boivin (Wemotaci/Odanak)
Denys Blacker (Angleterre/Espagne)
Gui B.B (Québec)
Gustavo Solar (Chili/Argentine)
Jelili Atiku (Nigeria)
Kamil Guenatri (Algérie/France)
Louise Liliefeldt (Afrique du Sud/Ontario)
Mai Bach-Ngoc Nguyen (Québec)
Martín Rodríguez (Aztlan/Québec)
Mathieu Beauséjour (Québec)
Paola Martínez Fiterre (Cuba/États-Unis)
Rose de la Riva (Québec)
seth cardinal dodginghorse (Nation Tsuut’ina)
stvn girard (Québec)
Tanya Mars (Québec/Ontario/Nouvelle-Écosse)
Wathiq Gzar Al-Ameri (Irak/Suisse)
Winnie Superhova (Hong Kong/Canada) & Nien-Tzu Weng (Taïwan/Canada)
VIVA! Kitchen artist in residence: Diyar Mayil (Turquie/Québec)

Stay tuned for all the details about artists, events, performances.

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10. EVENT FLOW • EMBODY IN SITE 2023
    DATE SEPTEMBER 11–22, 2023
    LOCATION VARIOUS
    SOURCE OUT OF SITE CHICAGO

Announcing Registration is open for Flow • embody in site, 2023
Public Performance Art Symposium
September 11–22, 2023

We are thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the annual public performance art symposium Flow • embody in site 2023. We have developed an exciting program where people can participate in-person practice-based workshops at the international hub locations of Chicago and Rotterdam this year. Yaryna Shumska (Lvivi, Ukraine) will be giving a workshop in Chicago along with local artist Ayako Kato and Odun Orimolade (Lagos, Nigeria) will be giving an in-person workshop in Rotterdam along with local artist Yvette Teeuwen.

As part of the incredible support and institutional partners we have made this year we are supporting eight artists with full Ebb & Flow scholarships. The deadline to apply for this is August 5. TO APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP

People can register to participate in two practice-based performance art workshops in-person or choose from the four workshops we are offering online with Paul Couillard, Isabel León, Willem Wilhelmus, and Kineret Haya Max. All workshop participants can opt-in to perform in the finale LIVE ART FESTIVAL that will be live streamed to watch parties around the globe.

ieke Trinks, Carron Little and Martine Viale have juried thirteen artists who work in socially-engaged practices and public performance art who will be presenting performance lectures and/or artist presentations. These will be recorded and available for all symposium attendees two months post the symposium.

There are two levels of registration: the Ebb & Flow gives people access to the full suite of programming with the option to perform in the finale Live Art Festival on September 28/29. Or you can register for a Steady Stream giving you access the Lecture only program. All registrants will receive a code to receive a 30% discount off Intellect Books Performance Art Catalog and this year we are highlighting a new book by Anna Dako called Dance with Sheep.

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Workshop Artists:
Odun Orimolade (Lagos, Nigeria)
Yvette Teeuwen (The Hague, Netherlands)
Yaryna Shumska (Lviv, Ukraine)
Ayako Kato (Chicago U.S. / Japan)
Paul Couillard (Toronto, Canada)
Kineret Haya Max (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Isabel León (Granada, Spain)
Willem Wilhelmus (Helsinki, Finland)

Presenting Artists:
Jelili Atiku (Lagos, Nigeria)
Emily Peasgood (London, U.K.)
Bec Epstein (Chicago, U.S.)
selina bonelli (U.K./Germany/ Italy)
Beau Coleman (Edmonton, Canada)
Daniela Beltrani (Rome, Italy)
Ana Hedenstrom (Chicago, U.S.)
Marita Bullman (Essen, Germany)
Godwin Constantine (Sri Lanka)
Anna Dako (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Anette Friedrich Johannessen (Askøy, Norway)
sun Lynn Hunter (Chicago, U.S.)
Daisuke Takeya (Toronto, Canada/ Ishinomaki, Japan)

Out of Site Chicago (OoS) has been curating unexpected encounters in public places since 2011. OoS has developed a methodology of working in urban space that supports diverse ideas and representations of cutting edge performance art practice. We have a trained steward team that supports the artist’s work and facilitates public engagement with the performance. In 2020 Out of Site pivoted into an international network and platform and we engage in bi-weekly meetings to decide on our programming. There are four strands to our current work, We organize Flow • embody in site, we facilitate Artist Focus talks, we support public performance art practices and we create practice-based workshops on our platform.

We’ve partnered with numerous organizations over the last twelve years and currently work with Experimental Sound Studio, WORM, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Ohio University School of Art and Design, LePARC Research Center at Concordia University, University of Lincoln, Intellect Books, Chicago Park District.

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