Escapist Action: Grey Cup Sunday

Performance
November 29, 2009The Gladstone Hotel Art Bar, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto6:00 pm

The final day of Escapist Action: Performance in Recession, curated by Don Simmons, ends with a party to celebrate all things … football? Join us for Grey Cup Party by David Francovich.

A team of dandies gather to honour Earl Grey’s Cup over a cup of Earl Grey. The sports bar and the Victorian tearoom collide. Dressed in thrift store finery, they engage in male bonding over tea and biscuits while watching the Grey Cup final. Masculinity is reconstructed through a recession-friendly social ritual.

Join us for a cuppa and the game!

Artists

Artist
David Frankovich

Documentation

Writing

Writing
On Escapist Action: Performance in Recession

Essay by Laura Paolini about the 2009 series, Escapist Action: Performance in Recession.

“Globally, from bombings to political scandals and massive natural disasters, to the weakening dollar, crash of the housing market and global recession, the last ten years have been the bleakest in history (according to some).”

Engagements

Series

Series
Escapist Action: Performance in Recession

Escapism is an immersive art. It satisfies a desire for sensual pleasure. It envelops the viewer in a hermetic and narcissistic space where reality is suspended.

BOOKS & OTHER EPHEMERA

FADO Performance Art Centre
445-401 Richmond Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5V 3A8

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Performance Yellow

This fragrance opens us to the question, has the show started? It's winter, the theatre is colder than the street and the room is filled with people and all their winter smells: wet faux leather, down, too much shampoo, and beer breath. The atmosphere is a trickster. Am I late, am I early?

Top Notes

yellow mandarin, mimosa

Middle Notes

honey, chamomile, salt

Base Notes

narcissus, guaiac wood, piss, beer