FADO E-BULLETIN
July 2023

1. PUBLICATION WE IMITATE SLEEP TO DREAM OF DISSENT
   DATE AVAILABLE NOW
   LOCATION THE WORLD
   SOURCE EMILY DICARLO

we imitate sleep to dream of dissent is a printed project that brings together ten artists to explore slowness as praxis through an expanded performance art lens.

Guided by five Fluxus-inspired prompts, dreamer-participants Jacqui Arntfield, Ellen Bleiwas, Simon Fuh, Chris Mendoza, Dana Prieto, Matt Nish-Lapidus, Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh, St Marie φ Walker (Denise St Marie and Timothy Walker, along with the project’s creator, Emily DiCarlo, engaged at their own pace with short readings, various media and creative exercises to investigate rest as a radical gesture in a grinding, non-stop 24/7 world.

An open invitation to future readers, the performance prompts function as an alternative embodied approach to traditional research, encouraging participants to trust their intuition and lean into play—to experiment with the ephemeral and dream of alternatives to our current temporal predicament.

One-part performance document and one-part field guide, this textual iteration of we imitate sleep to dream of dissent presents each participant’s findings as an example for creative experimentation and a map for future self-practice.

Stock List Art Metropole
Published in Toronto, Canada
Editor Emily DiCarlo
Design Elise Castro / Studio Castrodale
Essay Editor Laura Demers
Printers Italic Press
Produced through the generous support of FADO Performance Art Centre

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2. EVENT MAJ PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
   DATE JULY 8 & 15 / AUGUST 6 / SEPTEMBER 3 & 17, 2023
   LOCATION JOLIETTE, CANADA
   SOURCE MAJ

In conjunction with one of its main summer exhibitions, Dissolving your ear plugs, the Musée d’art de Joliette is presenting a program of eleven performances across the city, in collaboration with the Festival de Launaudière. Inspired by the legacy of experimental composer Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016), these performances focus on a process that involves tuning in to one’s environment, whether it be human, natural, or urban, to facilitate greater listening and reception, openness and sharing.

11 performances, 21 artists, 4 locations.

DATES
Saturday July 8
Saturday July 15
Sunday August 6
Sunday September 3
Sunday September 17

ARTISTS
Sandra Volny & Simon Bélair
Carmen Papalia
Violaine Lochu
David Kristian & Nelly-Ève Rajotte
Marie-Michelle Deschamps & Corinne René
Lauren Tortil
Le framboisier
Communituum
Christopher Willes

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3. PERFORMANCE REFRACTIONS, HOW TO ELEVEN BY NADÈGE GREBMEIER FORGET
   DATE JULY 7, 2023
   LOCATION MONTRÉAL, CANADA
   SOURCE PHI FOUNDATION

REFRACTIONS, HOW TO ELEVEN by Nadège Grebmeier Forget
July 7, 2023

As part of the public engagement project I WILL NEVER FINISH REMOVING ALL THESE FACES. (GUIDED REFLECTION), Nadège Grebmeier Forget will present a performance, titled REFRACTIONS, HOW TO ELEVEN.

The performance will be presented within the installation conceived by the artist. Traces generated by the performance will be visible to the public during the last two days of the project’s presentation. Though it is not usually regarded as participative or interactive, Grebmeier Forget’s practice is based on different mediations of the self via the image, operated through the mediums of performance or installation. Through mirrors, visual echoes, and constant passages between analogue and digital realms, the artist explores the meanderings of self-representation, proposing that it is an inescapable contemporary phenomenon, both aesthetically and psychically. If Grebmeier Forget tends to place herself at the center of her works, acting as both subject and object, this public engagement project is an opportunity for the artist to open up her approach to different spectatorial postures that also oscillate between action and observation, between the unique and the replicated image, or between abstraction and figuration.

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4. CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS SWITCHING REGENT(S)
   DEADLINE DATE JULY 9, 2023
   LOCATION TORONTO, CANADA
   SOURCE NATY TREMBLAY

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Switching Regent(s): A Roving Street Performance Residency in Regent Park

The Switch Collective will be running a four-day residency in Regent Park for a small group of multi & interdisciplinary queer (2SQT) artists exploring techniques for creating radical & roving queer street performance – performance that literally moves through public landscapes, engaging with its form, architecture, histories, futures and inhabitants (both human and greater-than-human).

The Switch Collective is a group of interdisciplinary Queer, Trans, Two Spirit, and BIPOC artists & community organisers who are deeply committed to weaving together our artistic practice and our activism, using & blending a range of mediums and technologies. The current core members are Naty Tremblay, Sedina Fiati, Lexi Sproule, and Daniel Jelani Ellis.

This is a residency for artists who:
•Identify as a Queer, Trans & Two Spirit artist or performer;
• Embody or are interested in “switchy-ness,” an embodied practice of being flexible, open, adaptive, curious, trauma-informed, consent-based and of shifting between leading and following, stepping up and stepping back etc.;
• Are excited about political public art that involves roving street performance, wearable & portable tech mediums, [trans]muting characters, pop up stages, processions, and other elements that move through & with space;
• Have diverse arts skills & practices, and are excited about multiple disciplines coming together through performance, gesture, amplification, projection and more!;
• Have strong communication & listening skills, and a keen interest in consensus building & deep collaboration;
• Have a sense of how this learning would benefit your existing arts practice.

What you’ll receive:
• Experience with the Switch methodology
• Research tools & strategies for creating political public work
• Technical support & creative mentorship
• Experience with creating deeply collaborative multi-disciplinary work
• Experience with roving technical, “street-stage” and costume design
• Insight on “Street script” development
• Learnings on audience & artist care strategies
• Food & refreshments at all residency sessions
• Joining a network of Queer, Trans & Two Spirit political artists

COST: The value of this residency is $750.00. We understand that people have different financial circumstances and we want to ensure that everyone can participate. We are offering three options for residency fees including fully paid, no cost and an honorarium to participate. Applicants can identify which option works best when filling out the application form.

HOW TO APPLY: Fill out this form, telling us why you would be an ideal resident and addressing the points in this call for participants directly. We welcome written, audio and video submissions. Don’t hesitate to reach out to theswitchcollective@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Switching Regent(s): Making Street Theatre Magic is proudly presented, as part of the SummerWorks Performance Festival, August 3–13, 2023 in Tkaronto, Canada. This residency is a part of SummerWorks’ Accessibility & Community Wellness Program, generously supported by Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation.

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5. OPEN CALL SAVAC PRESENTS FAN OUT!
   DEADLINE DATE JULY 15, 2023
   LOCATION THE WORLD
   SOURCE SAVAC

Calling all racialized and diasporic artists! SAVAC (South Asian Visual Art Centre) wants to know about the artists, activists, and writers from the Global South and its diasporas whose works greatly influenced your own thinking and making. Who are the creative predecessors that made you feel seen and validated? Tell us about the subversive, political, and genre-bending artists whose practices are largely overlooked from art history canons, forgotten to time, or otherwise plucked from context.

Fan Out! will be hosted as a series of free, public gatherings between September–November 2023, both in-person and over zoom. Selected artists will be invited to officially fan out about their chosen person by giving a 10-15 minute “passion presentation” and contributing to a fanzine. Much collective fan-girling among presenters and audiences is sure to follow.

The submission form will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Racialized artists living anywhere are encouraged to apply. Each presenter will be paid a CARFAC fee of CAD $350. Deadline: July 15, 2023.

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6. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS HEMISPHERIC ENCOUNTERS FELLOWSHIP 2023–2024
   DEADLINE DATE JULY 15, 2023
   LOCATION NEW YORK, USA
   SOURCE HEMISPHERIC INSTITUTE

Hemispheric Encounters invites applications for a 1-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2023-2024 from candidates conducting research on the use of performance as a creative methodology for addressing transnational social and environmental justice issues. We are particularly interested in postdoctoral projects that engage with projects currently underway in the Hemispheric Encounters Partnership to explore how politically inflected research-creation practices (i.e. artistic or practice-based research) shift how we ask research questions, engage with research subjects, and value research outcomes.

Applications open until July 15, 2023.

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7. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES VIVA! ART ACTION
   DEADLINE DATE JULY 17, 2023
   LOCATION MONTRAÉL, CANADA
   SOURCE VIVA! ART ACTION

VIVA! is looking to build a small but solid and dynamic team of contract workers to support the director and meet the short-term needs of the festival. VIVA! takes place in Montréal from September 11–17, 2023. While ensuring the creation of a competent, diversified and multilingual team, VIVA! favours the hiring of artists. We promote collegial and collaborative working relationships. All contract positions are paid at the same hourly rate so hierarchy is established by the number of hours and responsibilities allocated to each position. While we support artistic risk-taking, we also work to ensure a healthy and safe environment for both our artists and our team.

Applications should include a CV and a short letter of interest (1-page) presenting which position you are applying for, your relevant experiences, and your motivation to work at VIVA!. We encourage (but do not require) anyone who identifies as underrepresented to self-identify as such in their application.

FESTIVAL PRODUCTION MANAGER
Working closely with the director, the festival production manager will be responsible for assessing the festival’s material and technical needs, and ensuring they are met. Tasks include creating a production schedule; organizing the install and the take-down of the headquarters, including the kitchen and bar; coordinating necessary rentals and purchases; providing technical and material support to artists; ensuring safety protocols are followed; etc. VIVA! is looking for a resourceful, open-minded and reliable person with experience setting up basic lighting and sound systems, building benches, painting walls, and talking to artist about their work. Applicants must be comfortable doing physical labor, and working with live and sometimes unpredictable practices. Candidates with a driver’s license will be prioritized.

AUTONOMOUS REVENUE MANAGER
Working closely with the director, the autonomous revenue manager will be responsible for developing and overseeing various revenue streams. Tasks include searching for non-monetary donations and managing sponsorships; drafting certain agreements and contracts; helping to coordinate the bar and closing party, etc. VIVA! is looking for an outgoing, organized and reliable person with experience in administration or fundraising.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
The technical assistant will work closely with the production manager and shares responsibilities related to the install and the take-down of the headquarters, including the kitchen and bar. They will also help provide technical and material support to artists, and attend to the general maintenance of the space. VIVA! is looking for a resourceful, open-minded and reliable person with experience setting up basic lighting and sound systems, building benches, painting walls, and talking to artist about their work. Applicants must be comfortable doing physical labour, and working with live and sometimes unpredictable practices.

Contact VIVA! regarding compensation & hours for each position. Questions and completed applications can be sent to VIVA!’s director, Michelle Lacombe at info@vivamontreal.org

8. CALL FOR WRITERS VIVA! ART ACTION
   DEADLINE DATE JULY 24, 2023
   LOCATION MONTRÉAL, CANADA
   SOURCE VIVA! ART ACTION

To stimulate the development of performative writing and critical discourses on action art practices, VIVA! has partnered with Inter, art actuel to offer two Montréal-based writers, curators, art historians or poets the opportunity to participate in the 8th edition of our international festival, which will take place during the week of September 11, 2023. Selected writers will act as witnesses and researchers during the festival, and the texts they create will be published in Inter, art actuel as part of a special portfolio devoted to the 8th edition of VIVA! Art Action. In exchange for their participation, each writer will receive a $1000 honorarium.

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9. EVENT PAERSCHE PRESENTS TRANSITION – BETWEEN APOKALYPSE AND UTOPIA
   DATE JULY 29, 2023
   LOCATION COLOGNE, GERMANY
   SOURCE AKAL KIRET

Transition – Between Apokalypse and Utopia
July 29, 2023 @ 3:00pm

ARTISTS
Gülhatun Yildirim (TUR)
Volodymyr Topiy (UKR)
Ralf Peters (D)
Rubiane Maia (BRA/UK)
Gustaf Broms (SWE)

PAErsche Aktionslabor invites you to Transition – Between Apocalypse and Utopia. How do people locate themselves in the network of nature? The international performance artists Gustaf Broms, Rubiane Maia, Ralf Peters, Volodymyr Topiy and Gülhatun Yıldırım are dedicated to the elements along the Rhine: earth, water, fire, air and ether as natural phenomena and explore the dependencies and correspondences of these forces. The instability of these elements in the Anthropocene is also evident in Germany through floods, air pollution, drought and forest fires. The situation also leads to a lot of controversy in politics with the question of how we as a society and as individuals will deal with the future challenges of climate change.

The artistic contributions move in the field of tension of these processes and refer to the theory of the elements, which in many ancient cultures served as a way of orienting people in the world and emphasized growth, change and decay in all living processes. This project, which brings together artists from different backgrounds, bundles synergies in order to examine the interrelationships of natural forces in their entire potential and to move them into the center of the action.

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